Bitwise Uses “Peel Back” Approach to Measure Bitcoin Value

By Kapil Gauhar

Crypto-asset management firm, Bitwise apply a “peel back” approach, in a letter to investor, to gauge the value of Bitcoin (BTC) in the midst of the worldwide pandemic that has shaken the financial markets and kicked off trillion-dollar stimulus packages to protect economies.

As stocks, gold and values experience uncommon strife and turbulence, the firm breaks down Bitcoin as an elective venture, weighing where it fits in and how it keeps on enduring a merciless financial climate.

Focusing in on the center of March when the S&P 500 took a plunge, posting its second-biggest single-day drop just as its biggest single-day rate gain, the analysts recommend that each market, including real-estate, stocks, crypto, gold and bonds, remained pressure by large scale factors, sinking BTC to a yearly low underneath $4,000 on March thirteenth and pushing the whole cryptosphere into the red.

The analysts write –

“Bitcoin’s March sell-off caused some to ask: What good is a hedge asset if it sells off when the market pulls back?…”

“If you peel back just a little bit, the long-term noncorrelation becomes apparent. For the 12 months ending March 31, 2020, bitcoin is up 55% while the S&P 500 is down 8%. For the trailing three years, the numbers are bitcoin +463% and the S&P 500 +16%.”

Bitwise reasons that in spite of the quick effect of the coronavirus, which set off the passage of trillion-dollar salvage packages to prop up debilitated economies in the midst of historic employment misfortunes, industry-wide shutdowns and stay-at-home orders, BTC’s rebound and long haul pattern specify “an unimaginable stress test under its belt.”

“During a period which saw multiple days of historic drawdowns in financial markets, bitcoin—an asset over 5x more volatile than the S&P on average—didn’t plummet like oil or a penny stock or emerging markets equities. To the contrary, it had some of its calmer days relative to historical volatility.”

“Like all financial assets, there are days when correlations go towards one as everyone sells, but measured even over the three months since the coronavirus was first identified by the World Health Organization, crypto has shown remarkable strength.”