Bitcoin Marketcap
$1.84T
Gold Marketcap
$15.95T
BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)
$12.90B
BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)
1.17%
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SEARCHKEY MARKETS
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BITCOIN STATS
Bitcoin Marketcap
$1.84T
BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)
1.17%
% Supply Issued
90.03%
BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)
$12.90B
Real Exchange Volume (24hr)
$44.01B
Active Addresses
1.02M
Mining Reward Value (24hr)
$89.2M
GBTC Premium
200.86%
MSTR Premium
-80.49%
BTC Down From ATH
9.80%
BTC Up From Cycle Low
5.91%
RATES & YIELDS
24hr change
RATIOS
24hr change
Gold:BTC (marketcap)
8.66x
-0.25
-2.82%
M2:BTC (marketcap)
11.58x
-0.4
-3.34%
BTC:Oil (price)
1,401x
+29.66
+2.16%
Gold:Oil (price)
37.71x
-0.22
-0.59%
US GOVERNMENT STATS
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BTC ROI
Bitcoin & Traditional Assets ROI (vs USD)
BTC vs Traditional Assets ROI:
Bitcoin
Gold
S&P 500
1 year:
+124%
+28%
+25%
2 year:
+481%
+46%
+55%
3 year:
+96%
+45%
+26%
4 year:
+315%
+40%
+60%
5 year:
+1,249%
+77%
+83%
6 year:
+2,362%
+109%
+149%
7 year:
+583%
+106%
+120%
8 year:
+10,707%
+132%
+161%
9 year:
+21,332%
+144%
+187%
10 year:
+29,727%
+123%
+184%
11 year:
+14,732%
+117%
+223%
12 year:
+729,271%
+58%
+315%
13 year:
+2.4 million%
+63%
+367%
14 year:
+38 million%
+90%
+371%
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Data Source: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
What is it: This shows bitcoin's ROI vs other potential inflation hedge assets.
Why it matters: As with the historical bitcoin price table, we see bitcoin's extreme outperformance vs other assets here as well. Bitcoin's relatively small size, plus fundamental properties, yield extreme outperformance when even relatively small funds-flows find their way to BTC.
BTC DAYS ABOVE PRICE
Bitcoin Price Closing History by Level
Days Bitcoin Closed Above:
Price
Days Above
% of Bitcoin's Life
$100,000
9
0.15%
$97,371
20
0.34%
$90,000
36
0.62%
$80,000
41
0.70%
$50,000
450
7.72%
Data Sources: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
What is it: This the number of days in which bitcoin "closed" (trading level at midnight UTC) above various price levels.
Why it matters: This can give a sense of where bitcoin is currently trading relative to past cycles.
SHARPE 5yr
DOUBLING TIME
THE BITCOIN LIBRARY
16 Jan 2017 | | Price when published: $825.73 (ROI since: +11,692%)
Bitcoin - Ringing the Bell For a New Asset Class
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EXCERPT
Building upon Greer’s work, ARK Invest and Coinbase have defined four distinct characteristics that
delineate the boundaries among traditional asset classes:
| Investability
| Politico-Economic Features
| Correlation of Returns: Price Independence
| Risk-Reward Profile
...
By analyzing bitcoin’s behavior in the context of these four criteria, ARK Invest and Coinbase aim to unearth its merit as a bellwether for the cryptocurrency asset class. That said, cryptocurrency as an asset class cannot be proven as unique without observing its behavior relative to traditional asset classes: equities, bonds, precious metals, real estate, energy commodities, and fiat currencies.
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