Just days ago, as reported by Ethereum World News, Arthur Hayes, the CEO of Hong Kong-headquartered Bit-MEX, told Yahoo Finance that the lack of volatility in Bitcoin (BTC) could continue into 2019 (and potentially 2020). The long-time crypto pundit went on to cite his trading experience as the catalyst behind this prediction, alluding to the theory that Bitcoin’s “nuclear bear market” in 2014 and 2015 may be replicated today.
Following Yahoo Finance’s report, Hayes and the researchers under him revealed further bearish sentiment, issuing an analysis of the crypto market in Bit-MEX’s most recent edition of “Crypto Trader Digest.”
The report’s Bit-coin analysis segment, which was subtitled “Bear Market Blues,” first explained that “humans are very bad forecasters,” adding that 2017’s monumental run-up in Bit-coin price — which saw the digital asset move from $900 to just shy of $20,000 — will likely not be replicated until 2019 at the earliest.
Hayes then added that all markets, crypto-currency included, will always undergo reversal phases, clearly accentuating his belief that BTC isn’t ready to bottom and move higher just yet. Citing Bit-MEX Research’s in-depth analysis of Bitcoin’s historical performance, the former J.P. Morgan associate noted that the crypto-currency market’s current bear downtrend, which apparently began on March 12th of this year when Bitcoin’s spot price fell under its 200-day moving average, is likely to last into 2019 at the minimum.
Moreover, it was implied that crypto-currencies could fall even lower, as BTC’s “peak-to-trough” (PTT) decline was pointed out to be only at 67%, compared to digital asset’s former PTT declines of 87% and 94%.
“Bitcoin Price Volatility Is A Gateway Drug”
Speaking on crypto’s volatility, which has become an incessantly talked about topic in today’s market, Hayes noted that the “choppiness” of Bitcoin’s sideways market will “eat traders alive.” Interestingly, speaking against popular sentiment, the prominent executive at Bit-MEX, the world’s foremost (in terms of volume) crypto mercantile exchange, explained that BTC “requires volatility” to regain its spot in the mainstream.
Backing this surprising claim, Hayes noted that Bit-coin price is the “best and most transparent way” to express the health, performance, and maturation of the entire crypto-currency ecosystem, as it:
Informs the world that something is gonna happen whether positive or negative is irrelevant.
This isn’t an un-backed claim because, over the past few months, it has become no secret that mainstream financial media outlets, like CNBC, Bloomberg, and Forbes, have begun to scale back on their crypto-related coverage, albeit ever so slowly.
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