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I am a strong believer in HODL. I expected bitcoin volatility decreases as time goes by, I totally didn't expect such big price change in the past several days.

Is bitcoin volatility here to stay and not decrease?

This volatile it nature of Bitcoin only makes all the people to talk ok about Bitcoin and do investment over cryptocurrencies. If there is no volatile you will not find this much cryptocurrencies in the market place and no one believe that this cryptocurrency is there have it's values.

the market is still very small, and there are still many people who own many bitcoins and there are many people who have lots of money to buy bitcoins, imagine if a billionaire buys bitcoin using any exchange? Imagine if someone who has many bitcoins decides to sell everything at once in an exchange? it will take many years to see the volatility decrease, at least we will not see big pump and dump, I think

It will take a while for bitcoin to eventually achieve some sort of relative stability (compared to other fiats or other assets) because it is a new asset class the number of big players are relatively small. Volatility will eventually drop as adoption grows.

Volatility is one of the major feature of Bitcoin since its inception and maybe the time would come that the price of it stabilizes just like our foreign currency after the last Bitcoin is mine, and it's not in our lifetime anymore.

Being a limited digital currency makes Bitcoin too volatile and it feeds by our own local currencies every now and then, sometimes I wonder that its volatility would never end.

In my opinion the volatile rate will increase with the increase of price because we have very low amount of bitcoin so which makes it more sensitive to the market changes but when it comes to stay forever or not,only we have the answers.If we keep trading the bitcoins and not using as currency forever then the volatility also will stay forever or we understand decentralization is more important and start using as currency then we will see much less volatility.

Bitcoin is always volatile the thing you are talking on here is the intensity or the level of movement on a manner of time.

You cant do anything if the market goes sideways or having high gaps of price movement because it can happen anytime.After all the years
on following up bitcoin then you would really get used to it.

Bitcoins volatility isn't going anywhere. It's still highly speculative and illiquid with thin order books. When supply on the exchanges dries up (and this is inevitable at times because of its scarcity), huge markups like this $3,100-$13,800 move happen. That kind of volatility produces an extremely emotional market where lots of traders/investors are simultaneously in deep profits and losses. That creates big moves in both directions.

I don't see this changing for a very long time, if ever.

Also don't forget about all the lost bitcoins.  The circulating supply listed isn't an accurate indicator of how many bitcoins are out there being used by people.  It really doesn't take much to move the market compared to something like gold which has a marketcap in the trillions.

I personally think that it's a gradual thing. You simply can't expect a currency that has been historically volatile, and out of the reach of any central intervention, to be completely stable overnight. That's just an absurd proposition to make.

If you look at the general level of volatility, you'll see that it has decreased significantly from the flash crashes that took away more than 50% of BTC's value. If anything, the general trend is up, which may be why in the bull market the value of BTC seems constantly to be going up, and the correcting, because that's just the natural short term cycles.

Granted, this volatility may still not be sufficient. But it is trending in the right direction imo, and it's probably not the most accurate statement to say that it hasn't decreased at all.

Volatility is one of the character of bitcoin that's being loved by the investors and holders and it's here to stay. We can't be confident that it will stay at the top but it's here to stay, at least for now.

If you are not expecting such high price, keep on thinking like that because most of the holders here are even thinking of such price. We have halving by next year and institutions are getting attracted to it.

I think that what makes bitcoin bitcoin, you know what I mean? It is a crypto currency, and a decentralized one so no one controls the price but it depends on how it is being circulated in the market. Volatility will never part ways with btc since it is the reason why a lot of investors earned a lot of profit.

Volatility is one of the main characteristics of cryptocurrencies and as Bitcoin is also a cryptocurrencies you should expect it to show some fluctuations every now and then in its price. It's through this fluctuations that crypto investors make money out of crypto investments. So yeah, bitcoin volatility is here to stay.

Volatility might only be lessen if there’s a mass adoption but we will see a more expensive price. As long as there’s a lot of whales then I believe volatility will stay for good, the pump and dumps should be learned how to handle by every trader, we will see a more trend like this.

Volatility is what makes Bitcoin? I think we shouldn't put the market that's volatile and Bitcoin itself in the same category, mainly because of how speculators are here for the price action, and not Bitcoin itself.

Bitcoin isn't worse or better if it pumps or dumps by 25% in a matter of days, while most people think it is because they link price action to Bitcoin being here to stay or become worthless.

An example of how irrelevant short term price action is, is the fundamental difference between Bitcoin at $20k in 2017 and Bitcoin at $3500 in 2019. The $3500 Bitcoin in 2019 was more secure and fundamentally stronger.

Another thing is that Bitcoin being decentralized doesn't mean anything with how price discovery happens on centralized exchanges. Bitcoin is worth what people pay for it on these centralized exchanges. :)

Not just on bitcoin but the whole cryptomarket as we can see more altcoins are also volatile. It is being loved because traders are making huge profit but if you’re hodlers like me, i don’t focus much on volatility as it can result to a big emotion problem. We are moving good, volatile are getting weaker day by day on some coins but if its bitcoin, then i see a big volatile to stay.

It is as you mention that as long as there are people out there who are still using cryptocurrency it will stay but if people stop using it the bitcoin won't stay and the price will decrease until it loses it's value. Since bitcoin is still used until now think I think it will stay even if the price goes up and down.

In my opinion it's going to stay for a long time, investors are profit driven and the market is an open arena anyone can buy and sell anytime at the price they want and the price they set, this is non regulated market everyone is free to do even manipulate it.

Volatility is already in bitcoins nature and volatility is also the main reason why investors are interested and invested in bitcoin because it can give big rewards. Also its volatility being normal or in it’s nature that means that there is no way it will decrease or be removed.

Volatility is related to volume. If the volume is not that big, volatility will likely stay. Bitcoin and crypto is still a small market, as others mentioned. Volume is not as big as other major market, which is why 'p&d' could happen easily, simply because there's still relatively 'low' demand and supply.

With that being said, I do believe in the next few years, if the market grow positively, we probably could see the volatility to be much smaller, just like any other currency market.


There is no 'volatility' in Bitcoin 'nature'. They exist on the market.

That is true, yeah.

Even though there are a lot of investors that want a stable investment, Bitcoin will never lose its volatility in the end. investors will even support its volatility since it is needed for them to earn money. Also, its been a long time and we all know it is decentralized cryptocurrency, no group or third party that controls it, no one will make it stable.

I didn't said stop using bitcoin.Just stop using bitcoin as a trading asset then we can control the volatility on the value tremendously.

The bitcoin volatility will still happen, but we don't know if the volatility will decrease or increase because that will depend on the market and how the supply and demand of bitcoin.
And that is what we saw with bitcoin in this week, and maybe we will see another surprise from bitcoin soon.
The price will go up and down in the next weeks or next months, so we need to be careful if we want to buy more bitcoin.
Make sure you know when the good time to buy so you can prevent from buying bitcoin at the high price.

Volatility can't be change, decentralised currency always going to be fluctuative, it maybe can be decrease by mass adoption, the mass adoption going to make the demand and supply become more balance, but it can't be stable as fiat price

It will decrease as the market matures and as crypto starts to move into everyday society, and then once society has a clear idea of what bitcoin is worth.
However that is still quite some way away, so expect considerable volatility for the next few ears at least.

As what I understand, all cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin are volatile investment. So whether you like it or not, we should accept the fact that the risk in investing to crypto and Bitcoin is it's volatility so it will never decrease or gone.

A market that is driven by greed and profit will always be volatile, don't expect this to change overnight, we do not have regulation it's peer to peer it's decentralized who can stop whales to make a profit and who will stop traders to do what they want to do.

It will be here to stay until god knows when. You need to know that the price of Bitcoin is only determined by the demand. It does not even have to do with supply because the supply is fixed. So everything is depending on the demand. The demand of BTC is highly reactive to news, all kinds of news, even if there are some that are simply fake or FUD. It is also reactive to steps taken by the governments for or against it. It is also reactive to its own project development. This goes on. That is why the price will always be rising and falling.  

Well for the past couple of years the bitcoin price has been relatively cheap, so people are still buying and selling it on regular basis and not holding like you, but i am sure that with the price getting higher and higher and closer to a point where if you sell you won't be able to buy again, the volatility which we are seeing now will decrease and we won't see as much of a price drop, because everyone at that point will just be holding.

As far bitcoin is involve or concern, its volatility is very high and as for whether is here to stay to me is hard to decide because volatility can lead to more bull or spontaneous deep down. We can still refresh our minds on the 2017 era.

@franklin2058 it seems to me that you have just entered the crypto world, because you don’t seem to be aware of the fact that volatility and bitcoin prices go hand in hand. If you have brought bitcoins at current levels do not panic, just simply hodl them and soon you’ll be in profits. Bitcoin volatility is always going to be there, it’s one of those features which makes bitcoins unique in comparison to other currencies.

bitcoin has been known for its volatility , it is both bad and good
it is good for traders and , it is not that good for the people who receive bitcoin as a  payment
IMHO bitcoin will stay volatile and the price fluctuations will be even crazier than before
looking at the predictions and the next year's impending halving , we could see unprecedented growth
if you want stability , go for USDT tether

And Bitcoin's market is small because it's not fully regulated, big players are still afraid to get in, or at least get in openly and in large amounts.

Another thing is that people expect it to be volatile, they speculate on it and with their actions cause more volatility - the current rally is caused by FOMO around the next halvening and supposed bull cycle, but people FOMO'ed so hard that they created a bull market long before it should have started.

Volatility in Bitcoin is always there. Those who have bitcoin will always seek profits in the crypto market and only a few use bitcoin to transact. daily increases and decreases keep moving. we cannot guess the price of bitcoin tomorrow.

it has already decreased. if you check the history, years ago like in 2010-2013, it was very easy to manipulate the market and that meant a high volatility. for instance bitcoin history has a big bubble in 2013 where price went up about 500% in one month and reached $1200 later we found out Mt Gox (the dominant exchange of that time having 85% of the volume) manipulated the price.

today however we can no longer see such things and no exchange has any more than 10% of the volume and in most cases they only have 2%.
the wild swings have also decreased and all of it suggests growth in the market, less manipulation and harder or reduced volatility.

it is reasonable to assume this trend is going to continue as bitcoin market grows in size.

If you are a good trader, bitcoin`s volatility is your advantage, buy low sell high.

I agree with what you said though, bitcoin`s volatility decreased in the past months but surely there will always be advantage and disadvantage on it.

Volatility is part of Bitcoin nature, it's simply how it's functioning. This can't be changed and you can avoid it so every time you make an investment you should have this in mind. No matter how some would want that Bitcoin will not become stable coin. I don't think traders would even want it because afterall volatility is something they make money on.

bitcoin volatility will continue to happen and to expect more stable prices i think it requires massive adoption and thus the possibility of prices can be maintained and reduce the level of volatility that happens

I believe that Bitcoin's volatility will stay as long as this cryptocurrency is really decentralized, and not controlled by governments. In fact, this feature is really attractive especially for the new comers, because it will encourage them to hold BTC for the long term.

I agree with you that it's probably related to the size of the market. When there are more people, there should be a smaller chance that a small group of people can make a difference. So, if there's, say, some information about China banning Bitcoin, some people will do panic selling, but lots of others won't care, and thus the price will not be affected in a significant way. Not everyone believes that the volatility will become less significant, though. I think it can be explained in the following way: the intellect of the mass in inevitably smaller than the intellect of specific members of it, and an event that affects a part of the mass can cause something like a huge chain reaction afterward. In this case, the volatility of Bitcoin might even get worse with time.

Forget about it, volatility of bitcoin is its true nature and will never get out of it.

We just say 'it's stable for now' because of no price motion nevertheless it's volatile.

That wouldnt happen permanently. Im sure bitcoin would decrease after its peak because thats how it works. If it does not do that, it will become less profitable because you cant buy at a low price. Those manipulators are ready to tale the price down right after they reach again its peak.

You should understand the concept of demand and supply so that you will know how volatility works. Volatility moves too fast in cryptocurrency since it is an open market, everyone is allowed to make a trade. So expect that volatility will be here staying forever. All you need to know is how to get a profit during the volatility.

The market is just 10 years old and very young so volatility is still there.

The volatility will decrease in the next years if more and more will use Bitcoin and other  crypto. At this moment, many rich people can manipulate the market because there are not many people who are using it right now.

Market fluctuations are part of the crypto market, even though large adoptions occur, fluctuations will certainly there, because that's where prices skyrocket and fall very quickly happen. we don't need to worry about that, all we have to think about is how to make good use of it

I hope you keep your words and do as you say, being a strong believer means you'll bear with bitcoin even at tough times.
Bitcoin has been volatile but it does not affect its growth, still growing although dump many times.
Overall, it's the best coin in crypto so people are investing on it despite its volatility.


I think it will stay forever.

If Bitcoin is volatile all its existence, then it will cancel all the intention of cryptocurrency users to see Bitcoin as a means of payment.  If Bitcoin fluctuates in price as it has lately, the state will always be against it.

It is part of Bitcoin and it would always be there .
The price of Bitcoin would always be unpredictable and so does it's movement,
And there are so many people who have Bitcoin so the volatility would always be there.

Indeed. And as we all know, volatility is in bitcoin's nature. And its price depends on the demand and supply situation or we can call it adoption. When many people get to know and use bitcoin, its price will rise and will stabilize as  long as it stays that way. But of course, it'll take some time before that stability occurs. So unless it happens, then volatility will always be present.

       Volatility is the weakness of bitcoin of being a global currency but if there's a sudden large  decreases or increases , I think it is not part of volatile character of BTC and there's always a cause of that movements of price , so stability of price is not guaranteed for this time .

After a moment of shrinking, everyone is sure that the bearish moment will come, maybe it can be a little faster than it should. Regarding how easy BTC prices go up or down, I think this makes sense so just relax to respond it. While waiting for BTC price getting better, maybe we should that time to get some alts in this red market.

The shrink was a correction, it's not a bearish trend like since it didn't last.
We called it sudden dump and after that sudden dump, we've see how the price has recover and that is not bearish for me.

Volatility makes smart traders very profitable, imagine bitcoin was once up 10%, and then down more than 10%, if they do the right
decision at that moment, they can sell with profit and buy cheaper than the current price.

I think since 2017 , it have already decreased a lot.

Infact volatility is something which which is important for investors too , for the short term holders it is very important.
Volatility decrease might be very good too ;
  More companies will start accepting cryptocurrencies
  It will be more suited this way to be used as a Currency
  It can attract more people
This volatility is something that is an essential part of Bitcoins, if it's non volatile then it will only be fiat 2.0.

Volatility has a strong correlation with volume, the greater the volume, the more volatility produced. This high volatility is also what is unique to the crypto market compared to the forex market, maybe for people who already understand the crypto market will become a gold field. The greater the volatility, the greater the price fluctuations, this condition is very good for the bullish market because of course the price increase is very fast.

'Volume in science defines as the space occupied'
To know if a certain matter has dense, it has mass and volume.
In correlation in trading, in order for the cryptocurrency to identify either it has strong support, it should have mass and volume. The volatility of bitcoin depends upon the amount of volume a day and number of the mass trading for a specific time. If there is a volatility, there are many traders that coping the bull run effect.

Volatility should be ok for things like cryptocurrency else how do we even know a project is doing well or bad considering that cryptocurrency is more than just a currency?
We just need a safe volatility though, for a  great crypto market.

It should decrease over time. I agree with you what happened last days was strange and on my opinion it was clear market manipulation.  But Bitcoin will never be USD that keeps slowly decrease its value. It will keep going up and down over time.

Bitcoin's volatility is exaggerated due to the unequal distribution of the coins. The theory is that a more distributed coin will decrease volatility, because it helps to shift large amounts of coins from individual <whales> to more individuals. So, if single whales can be reduced, we should see less volatility and a more stable price.

I am not sure if this will ever be the case, because we are on the brink of introducing institutional capital to the Bitcoin market and those fiat whales will buy large amounts of coins and they will become the next whales.  ::)

"the main reason why people invest in bitcoin is its volatility"
True

"if volatility is not present then no one would have invested in cryptocurrencies"
The opposite is the case.
Most investors, private but particularly institutional ones, are not invested in cryptos precisely because of its volatility.
Think for example pension funds, or sovereigns.
They are prevented to invest in assets volatile like Bitcoin.
That explains the current success of stablecoins.

I am sure that even if the state regulates cryptocurrency, then state structures will have nothing to do with cryptocurrency due to its volatility.  Today, some stable coins in the cryptocurrency market provide a certain guarantee for users of cryptocurrency, which in certain situations can fix their balance on the same level.  It is to such cryptocurrencies that relationships can change drastically and stable coins can be officially supported from the state budget.  But not the fact that there will be.

Bitcoin price volatility will not decrease as long as it remains decentralized. Neither its mass acceptance in the world, nor the increase in its price can affect the decrease in its volatility. On the contrary, I believe that with an increase in the price of Bitcoin, its volatility will also increase. The higher its price, the greater will be the range of its rise and fall.
Demand and supply will always be changeable.

The possibility of volatility will remain, even though there is a reduction but it will not make prices more stable for a long time, maybe over time we will get something big changes that will make prices more stable and for now and the next few years I feel volatility it will still happen.

The situation will develop very well for those who have not set a goal to receive the only possible income from the cryptocurrency market.  Such people will always have problems, because Bitcoin will improve its place in the cryptocurrency market for quite a long time.  Those users of cryptocurrency who fully exploit the potential of the cryptocurrency market can survive any market situation.

You have been here long enough to know that what he have seen in the last couple of days isn't strange at all.

It's definitely not market manipulation, but the aftermath of a brutal rejection from a very important resistance level. You know what's strange? People don't complain about manipulation when the price pumps with $1000-$1500 in a matter of hours, but when the price goes down like that it's suddenly a problem.

A lot of these larger price swings are fueled by long/short squeezes, and when the market is already wildly fluctuating, it can look a bit messy.

now we can't predict the bitcoin volatility, whatever happens.  but I hope there will be no more bear markets this year.  because the price of bitcoin is still not reaching the maximum price as in 2017

people will always be negative if the price goes down. a normal reaction from individuals who want a continuous price increase. but we are in the real world, we can't expect things to be in smooth sailing, the fluctuation of btc price makes it more interesting...

Some people says the current price of bitcoin is too volatile because in the same day the price can be pumped over $1000 or dumped more than $1000 and during use bitcoin volatility seems always be there and apparently volatility is became an bitcoin nature which is cannot be change and maybe rather than other currency then bitcoin is more unique because belong to this character but following to the development of bitcoin maybe it will slightly decrease depend on market situations

The change is not really strange to me , and I don’t expect bitcoin volatility to disappear or drastically reduce for now, when we still have enough supply in the market for us to play around with, which is also more than enough for the market makers to use to manipulate the market as they like, but like you said, as time goes on, and since bitcoin has a finite supply, there is no way the volatility of bitcoin would not disappear.

That will be when the supply is extremely limited and bitcoin would be more useful as a stable coin then other than the way we all use it for investment now, I think we will be having another 5 years more before we can get to that stage of non-volatility of bitcoin, then it will also be more useful to store of value like gold, because it will also be very expensive then to purchase.

What happened in the last two years is real evidence of why people join the cryptocurrency community.  Those who invested until 2016 now have a fairly good profit, especially considering the growth in 2017.  And the desire to get rich is still present today and that is why volatility attracts people to Bitcoin.

Exactly.Bitcoin's volatility is what makes all the people here in crypto community gets attracted and thrilled whenever a big pump or dump happen.If you have been holding your bitcoins for such a long term and you sell it when its price have reached its peak,i'm sure you will really make huge profits.That's why i totally believe that with bitcoin's volatility becoming rich is never that hard and impossible.

Volatility is simply attached to Bitcoin. It cannot simply be controlled. Remember that investors and other Bitcoin owners and traders are constantly selling and buying Bitcoin depending on the particular prices. This gives the price movements of Bitcoin more changes very often. Moreover, Bitcoin's demand is highly affected by several factors outside the trading platform. That is why a lot of traders are constantly looking out for news that might affect the price.

But what will happen if the volatility keep contiues while more and more people coming into the market,feels like market will boom at some point. :-[

But reality is the volatility will be ther forever but the range of volatility can be increase when we start using cryptos for making paymanet and everyone will do this means we are not in need of exchanging them into fiat.

Now, volatility is risky for some people I can totally understand that but if you ask me volatility is the proof that we are seriously in a deregulation market that has no central controlling government or any place that could actually threaten the well being of bitcoin. Look at other markets, when a company does something shady or whatever government takes care of it right away, they jail them or they punish them with extra legal costs and so forth.

However, if you look at bitcoin there is no central location that could do that which means we can totally go to a million dollars per bitcoin and drop to 100 bucks per bitcoin and nobody has the authority to ask us anything, there is no "bitcoin federal bank" or whatever that could be called upon, who are you going to call if you want to punish bitcoin, we are all bitcoins center, every single one of us so volatility is not going anywhere.

That is right, volatility is what really attracted lots of people to cryptocurrency generally and not only bitcoin, people are here in the industry to make money and have not yet fully embraced the main reason for creating a cryptocurrency technology. Volatility will not complete disappear in the cryptocurrency market generally, it has come to stay, it will only be reducing in some coins as time goes by, because the more we progress in this industry, the more new projects are being created and new volatility being created also.

Bitcoin volatility will eventually disappear in future, although not completely, but at least its volatility will be 90% gone, by then, it will automatically turn to an expensive stable coin, and people will be using more of satoshi then.

Volatility is the reason why traders and users earn some profits by trading it in the exchange or holding it till its price go up. Volatility have been a part of every cryptocurrency's nature with the exception of stablecoins.The rapid fluctuation in the price of bitcoin may be risky to every user but it also beneficial to the investors if the bitcoin go into bullrun. Every user should learn how to manage risks to prevent further losses when dealing with the cryptocurrencies.

Volatility will remain in cryptocurrencies for as long as no government entity or third-party would ever control over its production, price, and supply in the market. Since cryptocurrencies have a limited supply in the market, its price would primarily determined by the law of demand and supply.

Compared to any conventional investment methods preset, almost all of them are governed by each entity. That is also the reason on why the returns on such investment is significantly lower compared to Bitcoin but with the expense of having collateral and security.

Cryptocurrency is very risky in terms of long-term or short-term investment due to the active volatility cause by traders around the globe. That's why it is very important to practice or learn how to manage risk to prevent more losses. Quick and simple research may be enough to learn how to manage but it takes a lot of trials and error before you could actually fully control most of your losses.

that's indeed and we know the fact people realized bitcoin as a commodity rather than currency and we know that so many countries have prohibited to use bitcoin as currency.
Volatility will always become the main thing that searched by so many speculators anytime.
that's the main consideration to call bitcoin as commodity

Yes price changes and we will have to take advantage of it, when price is down we should hold because only holding can give us profitable return for our investment, I like volatility the most for chance to buy at low price and selling higher, price of bitcoin is volatile so when it falls in the market we get chance to buy at low price and when it rises we get chance to sell higher, so stay here price is gonna be very higher now.

Yes obviously Bitcoin and all the cryptocurrencies should be volatile in the marketplace.

If this volatility is not there in the market definitely none of the traders will be able to make money. Then because of this volatility nature only Bitcoin is trying to wrap up to the peak value what was seen in the year 2017 December.
we will see the peak value again in the market because of this volatility nature.

Each and every form of investment schemes and other form of forex related investment were volatile by its development. When it comes to cryptocurrency the volatility is much higher than the other forms. This volatility is the one that makes the market gain as well lower the marketcap to a larger volume in a very small time period. Everytime the market is volatile, which makes the trading process the best choice to make an earning through the same.

My question is what factors make fluctuations disappear? do users increase, marketcaps increase or what? I myself do not think that fluctuations will disappear, fluctuations are part of the crypto market, as well as bitcoin. prices will always go up and down quickly even though sometimes experience occasional slowdown in movements, but fluctuations will continue to exist in the bitcoin market

Volatility is reduced or not depends on the demand and the supply as well. I trust trade more than the hodl, in my opinion the fluctuation of cryptocurrency depends on the user and the news, while we know that the change in interest or impact of the news is very influential for crypto, moreover we do not know the change will be sooner or later market.

I believe why wouldn't it? It has been a thing for years now and ever since I know bitcoin (close to seven years now) it has moved like crazy.
Don't get me wrong normally it doesn't move like this, normally remember the prices just moving at most 5% up and down?
That is the regular days for bitcoin, but sometimes just sometimes it makes a crazy move up or down and than stays the same again. It is not like we have 10%+ variance every single day, that doesn't happen, what happened today for example? Nothing much.

So, volatility may look like a problem to you but normally its just non-issue in 340 of 365 days a year and only a thing for 25 days a year separated from each other, even while going up sometimes it goes up slowly or going down it goes slowly but only less than a month a year it makes this wild crazy stuff.

You are right, and maybe bitcoin price would still be around 1 usd now, because the main reason why people are really pumping fund into the cryptocurrency market is for the huge reward part of it, and that is what most of these big financial institution and large industries are also there for, if we are to speak the truth. I know the payment part of it is very important, and which is why Nakamoto created this coin in the first place, but people are yet to be encouraged on its payment system because of its volatility, and maybe one day, the whole table will turn and there will be more focus on using it as payment tool more than the investment part, and to achieve this, we need lots of merchants to start integrating it into their various payment system too.

That's 100% true, volatility is one of the main factor why we are seeing more traders in the market.
Big traders are interested to trade here since we don't have problem with liquidity, bitcoin alone is reportedly having over 20 billion daily daily trading volume, that's big enough even for whales who owns millions in usd value.

I think volatility is here to stay for good since this market continues to move with the new addition of projects.

Will have traders take advantage of its fluctuation and this is the trend we look for to have a big chance to make profit. The high and lows keeps the market alive and so trading will work well. Will this volatility remains until the end, it is a market design which bring crypto as a growing investment than of real stock market. We are glad to have this market and don't think that we need to change this features.

Well, if you say volatility is the thing here, then it's either it will go increase or decrease and not that the price will increase only. "Buy low and sell high" just do this thing and you won't regret it.

Volatility is undoubtedly one of the best things the market has, it is not like the Stock Market, it is a more active market, which is coupled with any theory of trading to apply, investments can usually be made, and speculate as much as the If the speculator or investor wants, it is already a fact that for now the bullish trend stage is starting, volatility can occur but now what predominates is the bullish trend, it is very difficult to lower and return to levels below $ 3k.

Why do we worry on bitcoin volatility when traders love it, I know people have different purpose of using bitcoin, but we have to understand its nature.
If we are using bitcoin for regular transaction with just a small amount, I would not recommend it since it's not cheap and fast and high volatile, use stable coin instead, but if you are investing on it, you hold for the future, I think you should be more focusing on the development than its volatility.

But, hodl is also called as trade tho? What do you mean by that. The only difference is just hodl takes longer to achieve your goals.

Yea, it's just a way. But, that's not easy as you said :^)  Many people have been failed while doing this.

The problem is, many investors and traders are fear to buy bitcoin because of bubble thing. They don't make some factual research about bitcoin. As a matter of fact, bitcoin is an ideal investment for us since it can double its price or even quadruple. Bitcoin is a volatile coin and it is the unique feature of it because stocks are really stable.

We should be aware of the volatility of bitcoin because we might gain nor lose because of wrong entries in the market.

One thing I really don’t like about some people here is that they are fond of acting like hypocrites, lol. So you will see some people here claiming that they hate volatility, because it makes cryptocurrency a risky business… But these same people will be the ones to tell you that they wish that Bitcoin will pump and the market will grow to $1 trillion so that the market price rate for Bitcoin will move up to $50k or so and they will make profit. If you hate volatility then why do you wish for such? Or don’t you know that without volatility that’s never going to happen? The way I see it volatility is just here stay and it’s not going to change.

From past decade we have seen that it is volatility that drives the prices of the btc up and down and which is the reason we have seen huge jump as well because it gives investor and short term traders a huge scope to make money out of this volatility and will stay as it is.

I believe that the bitcoin price volatility will last forever,as long as bitcoin has a limited supply.This is what creates that volatility.Coins like ethreum can't have such price volatility,because they don't have limited supply.Crypto adoption is still in it's very beginning,but it might lower the price volatility a little bit.

The base factor we are using is not the correct one. We are just checking the BTC vs USD exchange rate to analyze whether Bitcoin is volatile or not. But we always forget that USD itself is a volatile asset (although not volatile as much as the other fiat currencies). It may be better to use gold or some other stable asset as the base factor, if we need to compare the volatility.

Bitcoin volatility will always exist and I will explain you why.
First of all the market is 247 open and people can make huge trades every time during the day. Also, it is open to everyone so the volume of sell or buy orders cannot be predicted in order to support the market somehow. In my opinion, I want that volatility to exist because it can give a lot of profits.

I do not know why someone hopes that bitcoin will reduce its price volatility. It will never happen. As long as the price of Bitcoin, like the entire decentralized cryptocurrency, will be formed on the basis of supply and demand, until then their price volatility will always be very high. The magnitude of supply and demand cannot be stable and constant regardless of any factors such as the liquidity of a cryptocurrency or its high price.

I think they are different, hodl means  the person is holding Bitcoin and wont trade it, then when comes a time that the price meet the expectation, he can sell it.  On the other hand, trading as we know it is and action where he have to buy and sell Bitcoin.



Indeed, several people who thought that buying and selling at a profit is as easy as abc, later finding themselves losing their capital investment due to the asset their holding devaluing, and they missed the right opportunity to buy or sell.

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Volatility is here to stay, it has been ever since depending on the demand and supply of a certain item.  It is a universal occurrence and not limited only to cryptocurrency.

Along side time flies, the volatility will decrease within years, if more and more will use Bitcoin and crypto. For now the rich people can easly manipulate the market condition, because there are not many people who are using it right now, and not well-known for now.

No, I don't think the value of BTC will decrease in the future. Because 2018, the whales have taken a lot of investors' money. a year full of blood in the crypto market and in 2019, its value has increased rapidly again. That's normal.
Rapid collapse will lead to rapid growth again.
Therefore, I think the value of BTC will be stable and increase until the end of the year. ;)

No, every currency has value movement to goes up or down, even USD and Euro can be volatile. Market is unpredictable, we don't know exactly when it will be. Just remember in early 2018 that cryptocurrency are bleeding cause of whale just sell their coin at the all time high price, then you guys just instant buy, that is purely trapped. And then in June 2019 bitcoin coming back as the king with its movement hit $12k as this year high, before reach $12k it really painful to see that bitcoin hit low at $3.2k in in January 2019. So, Crypto market still possible to volatile. 

I highly believe yes. It is going to stay as the gold of the internet and just like the physical gold, it's value is volatile. Traders will prefer it that way and we will surely have an alternative altcoin that will serve as the currency of the internet. I'm imagining bitcoin in the future still having a volatility even after reaching $100k value.

One cannot really tell but I strongly believe that the volatility is here to stay and playing  along with the current trend and market conditions are the right thing to do now. I have decided to keep holding for now until Bitcoin get close to $20,000 before taking some profits. It seems the market is to good now to decrease and that is why if you want to make money in the next three to four months to come then you should keep holding.

What should change with time for the volatility of cryptocurrency to fall? Will the market be filled with other participants? Why is the price of cryptocurrency not so volatile? There will be a lot of people on the market, but everyone will make transactions at their own discretion, due to specific circumstances, and therefore demand and supply will always change, and the volatility of cryptocurrency will remain as high.

Yes, I, as a new player in Bitcoin trading, really hope that future price movements will stabilize over time, because the volatility of Bitcoin for me is very terrible, for new Investors it is very detrimental, because prices change very quickly every time.

How come you get the idea of having this kind of thinking? Volatility is the way how cryptocurrency move and this also the way why we are profiteering so letting this gone means dying of this community  lol

For me, the fluctuating price of a bitcoin and another cryptocurrency is always depending on the market demands. All priceable items have volatility is only depend on the rely on it, so if bitcoin is fluctuating is means its still good. Also, that crypto market is not massive if you will compare it to some other field. Just focus on the bright that cryptos are know accepted by some countries, companies, etc. :)

Volatility is the exact feature of Bitcoin, which let traders make money. People cannot earn with stable coins - they are used simply as the alternative of the currencies especially in the countries with the poorest economy.

At least the volatility will remain as long as there is no institution that regulates the cryptomarket, thus the supply and demand will continue to occur which keeps volatility continuing. But, it does not mean that the hodl strategy will not get good results, this industry will continue to grow and even though the volatility is very high in this market, of course prices will also increase which means there will be certain periods that will make prices move very far.

I think that Bitcoin volatility is beneficial to all cryptocurrency users, because it gives unlimited earning opportunities to. In addition, the one who collects a lot of Bitcoin on their wallets, after some time can become a really rich person, because Bitcoin will sooner or later reach  its maximum value.

it could get more stable with a higher number of users, like any fiat currency. not totally stable but with little variations.
the number of users is still too small and the value is under huge speculation.  maybe in 10, 20 years, who knows...

to all investors and traders yes it is beneficial to them because they can buy when the value becames low and they can sell if ever the value recovers or became high but what about those people that only use thier crypto for payment porpuses ?  they dont want volatility but they wish crypto will became stable so that they can pay or recieve the actuall value of the coins after they initiate the transaction   .

btc volatility is here to stay but it will differ sometimes depending on the mood of the people . if there are more people that will make a transaction the value wont stop fluctuating  .

Unfortunately or fortunately, the volatility in the cryptocurrency market continues to be very high. This is not conducive to attracting investors who are afraid of risk. Nevertheless, many people consider Bitcoin as a fairly profitable tool for investing. Albeit risky but quite profitable. Therefore, many people forget about the high volatility, instability of the course, the insecurity of storage is still investing in cryptocurrency in the hope of making a profit.

There are some people who will tell you that very soon that the market cap of Bitcoin will move to trillions and the price rate will be very high and at that time the price is going to become stable. Okay. Maybe that is true or maybe it’s not, because one thing I know for sure is that there are two different kinds of cryptocurrency – the stable ones and the ones that are volatile. If anyone wants something stable, they will and should probably go for the stable coins like PAX, TUSD and the rest of them. Bitcoin is volatile, and I believe that is how it’s going to be… and even if it gets to a trillion market cap and becomes stable, it will still fall back again to a very low price. It won’t stay at that for long. If you don’t like volatility, simply go for the stable coins, they are there for those that needs stability.

It will took more years to see volatile market be suppressed, and even though huge pumps will happen we can't prevent any bigger dumps to occur drastically. That's the trend of bitcoin, because many rich people really got interested to buy bitcoin as their primary asset these days. Holders were increasing sophisticatedly, and when someone sells? another one buys and decides to hold bitcoin.

You know Volatility is the nature of bitcoin that makes it valuable. Volatility of bitcoin also the reason why many people use it as asset and investment because through bitcoin volatility many people continue to gain more profit. Also the volatility of bitcoin depends on the huge number of demands who played the rule in buy and sell of bitcoin in the market.

Will, it looks like that the market volatility rates crazily increasing rather than to see it moving down ( as I observed).
We can't ride this out from a decentralized market knowing the fact that we are dependent on the market supply and demand. Though we love to see in slowing down but that's it features and we can change that thing.

Like everything volatility will pass. Banks are more attracted by cryptocoins so things will happen. For now volatility holds the game.

Volatility is the attractive feature cryptocurrency has got, but one in ten get to know how to make good earning out of the volatility.
Fearing volatility there are more people who keep on investing into centralized investments.

Without volatility cryptocurrencies will be the same as the common form of investment made over commodities and other metals. For some reason gold has gained importance among most of the people and the same is through its long years of history it holds and not its low volatile growth.

I think the beginning of the emergence of bitcoin, the volatility has not been high. Bitcoin's volatility began to increase when bitcoin became known in the wider community, especially when bitcoin could be mined and more and more miners made the popularity of bitcoin increase. In 2013, the high volatility of bitcoin began, until now.

Maybe the high volatility of bitcoin can be reduced when there is a better substitute for bitcoin, but I think that sounds impossible to replace bitcoin because bitcoin is the beginning of everything.

Volatility is here to stay, that's for sure. The question is, what volatility, though? Volatility within a relatively narrow range, like within 2% daily, is perfectly bearable for for vendors who want to accept BTC, but it's obvious that it's difficult to do business when the price jumps up and down over 10% within one day. I agree with posters above that volatility will decrease with wider adoption, and I hope some vendors will find it possible to trade even with daily volatility close to 5%. After all, it's not that rare to see a 5% discount, so why not to sell these items for BTC agreeing in advance to the loss of 5%?

Volatility depends heavily on information if there is negative news about Bitcoin, such as rumors of China that would halt the operation of cryptocurrency exchanges in his country, some Bitcoin holders/bagholders begin to sell Bitcoin and price can go down quickly.

But it is different if Bitcoin is already widespread in the future, and many people are starting to hold Bitcoin, the price of Bitcoin is even volatility will be reduced and will move substantially.

I think I made a statement regarding this a few years back... will just repeat it.

According to the coinmarketcap website, the daily trade volume for Bitcoin is $16.3 billion, which amounts to more than 9% of its market cap. I know that some of the exchanges inflate their trade volumes, so let's take a conservative figure of 5%. One-twentieth of all the coins in circulation are being traded every day. This is extremely high, when compared to that of other assets. In case of gold, this proportion is less than 0.1% (I am talking about actual gold, not derivatives). In case of real estate, the proportion is even lower.

The main reason for volatility is clear. The vast majority of the coins in circulation are in free-float and are actively traded. Unless this proportion drops from 5% per day to somewhere around 0.5% per day, we'll continue to witness a lot of volatility as far as the exchange rates are concerned.

Bitcoin volatility is here to stay because what we call volatility is actually a distinctive feature of bitcoin. As an investor in bitcoin, one will expect price to continually go up while we sit down and smile, but reverse tends to be the case. Volatility nature of bitcoin tends to always ensures there is even balancing and regulations in price.

Exactly, people has to understand and know that.

IF there's a reversal of price, people panic when it's coming from a big pump.
Things work like that and only when they understand and mature where they can make the right judgement.

There are people who panic, we can't stop them, but the moment they learn from their mistake, that will reduce the volatility.

I think your points nail it exactly, and this is the reason why penny stocks are so much more volatile than, say, Microsoft stock.  I think a big component of volatility is market cap.  Another big one is the amount of speculators and how much money they're putting in and taking out of the market. 

Bitcoin's market cap is relatively small, and I think that's why we're not seeing hedge funds and other Wall Street-type investment institutions buying it.  They can't really buy or sell large amounts without moving the market--or getting stuck when there's little liquidity.  Plus bitcoin is a new thing, only 10 years old at this point.

Anyway, I don't expect bitcoin's volatility to flatten out anytime soon.  We might get periods of stagnation, like when the price was pinned at $3500 or $500, but when it moves it's pretty dramatic.  And IMO that's part of the appeal of bitcoin and I'm sure traders wouldn't want it any other way.  They make a lot of money when the price swings up or down.

I don't know how it's going to end, the supply is very limited and people are preaching to hodl it as long as they can, if Bitcoin is fully adopted we will it's price seldom to come down and always go up maybe then the volatility will stabilize but now we have to get used Bitcoin going up and down.

We are not getting affected by the volatility, right? So why we should care about it? It doesn't matter for long-term investors like us. If may affect someone, who want to use BTC for direct payments. But even in such cases, the majority of the websites have the pricing in USD or some other fiat currency, although they allow the payments to be made in BTC.

Bitcoin volatility is among what makes cryptocurrency be what it is today also those that involves in the trading activities beyond crypto, I don't expect any kind of volatility in bitcoin, if you're looking for a volatile market then I guess USDT ir USDC will be your best bet.

It will be matter by daily trader as beginner, I was look at market yesterday other FUD sell btc when price only correction to move down. It's just Traumatic trader as beginner, then really affected for price movement on may exchange.

Volatility would only become a risk if a business does not know how to manage the risk.
I like to give you an example, in a certain local exchange that I'm using, you can convert your bitcoin in fiat but their rates are not based on standard rates or to preev rates which is widely use in the forum for conversion. To manage the risk, they add like 5% over the standard price of bitcoin.

Bitcoin price instability is what makes investors and traders their profit. Without the volatility, how then can we expect Bitcoin to make a percentage rise of more than 100%? Bitcoin price in instable because it is affected by lots of factors including news, traders activities on the market, miners etc.

Bitcoin volatility will always happen no matter if bitcoin is at a lower price or the higher price. With the volatility, I think that will be a way for us to make a profit by buying bitcoin at a low price and sell the high price. Although we don't always see the price can increase too high as we want, but still, we could make a profit.

volatile is the unique thing of bitcoin rather than other , also that thing that make bitcoin getting big risk on it . but also yeah BIG RISK = BIG profit .
but yeah what people upon me said , this because the people who have bitcoin still little .

It's traders who profit from Bitcoin volatility, but for investors it would be better if BTC were less volatile. Less volatility means wider adoption. Wider adoption means higher price in the future. For traders it doesn't matter whether the price is going to be higher or lower than today, in the future, because they will be still able to make their money on price fluctuations. Not all traders are like that, of course, only the lucky ones ( or "knowledgeable and experienced", as some might correct me).

There is a time when I try to guess what will happen with Bitcoin, when it reaches its maximum value and remains at a stable price.  What will users of cryptocurrency do then?  Who will need a bitcoin with a huge price if it is not used anywhere.  It seems to me that it will be very good if Bitcoin is used to transfer money in a business where transactions with large amounts of money take place.

Just think of it a bit more. How can something be highly priced and stable at that price if it's not used anywhere? I know it's a popular opinion that Bitcoin is just a speculative asset, but, in fact, this is not the case. Crypto gambling industry alone has a large volume of usage, and of course it's not the only place where BTC is used currently. Read a fresh article from the link below to learn more.

https://www.lifewire.com/big-sites-that-accept-bitcoin-payments-3485965

Many people, including me, believe that Bitcoin will be used much more in the future, and that with wider adoption the price of BTC will rise. But it will never be stable because Bitcoin is not regulated by banks and governments, and that's rather a good thing.

Yes, here to stay for a long while. Bitcoin volatility is a result of Bitcoin fundamental value drivers (varying supply and demand on an open market).
This is no stablecoin with pegged value, nor a stock tied to a company's future revenues.
How much volatility? Hard to predict. There is no reliable VIX to Bitcoin, but could change if ETFs are introduced (feel free to correct me if wrong here).
Long-term (10 to 20yr plus) is likely the volatility could be lower, due to block reward halving and stabilization of new supply vs existing supply.

So far, there is no chance that Bitcoin will become less volatile in price in the future than now. This is a huge advantage of bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies and at the same time its biggest disadvantage. The great volatility of bitcoin really prevents its widespread use in business, especially where transactions are long-term in time. At the same time, the volatility of Bitcoin is not too pronounced where the transaction from the moment of the agreement to the transaction and before the implementation occurs relatively quickly.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are still in a state of development and we still cannot say how it will end.

I hope the volatility stays for long, its the best playground I ever had.

But I thing, has the Cap of BTC grows, we will lose volatility. The bigger the cake is, the less you fell a missing portion.
I remember some hacks back the time where BTC price fall really hard, non days the price dont give a F**K about hacks...

But we will see in the coming future :D

I think volatility will still be there maybe in the future it will decrease but not so sure either because the value of bitcoin moves on demand and again bitcoin is not centralized. So that way, the crypto market will still have high volatility, so if you expect a more stable coin like this is not possible because this is a market that at least volatility will always be there.

Bitcoin volatility is a main feature of crypto, so it will be with us for a very long time in my opinion

Earlier those hacks causing a price drop is a way of manipulation by the whales. These days what we encounter in the market is clearly transparent and users were much used to it. This is the prime reason for bitcoin to be strong even when there is more news related to cryptocurrency hacks around.

Another important thing is the responsibility from the exchanges. Recent one being the binance hack, the authority itself revealed official statements of providing funds to users who lost from the exchange. If the authorities haven't provided with such a support surely whales could've used it a way to shatter the market at least to a small level.

Is Bitcoin volatility such a bad thing? BTC has been in existence for 3,800+ days. Out of this number the prices went up 92% of the time. That means that for every single day the prices went down, there were on average 11 days when the prices went up. Most of those who invested in Bitcoin ever since 2009 ended up in profit and the few exceptions remain for those who purchased during the 4th quarter of 2017.

There is a reason for Bitcoin volatility. Investment assets (such as equities and real estate) tend to be more volatile when compared to the currencies. And nowadays, Bitcoin is mostly used as an investment asset, rather than for usage as a payment method. I have never seen anyone complaining that equities are volatile. Because in the end most of those who invest in them are going to end up with a profit.

You're sort of missing the point about volatility concerns then. The whole reason those regulators are worried about bitcoin is because they THINK Bitcoin is somehow controlled and having its price manipulated by whales who own maybe 20% of the entire bitcoin circulation in the world.

And to be fair they have a point. If Bitcoin was fully decentralized then no whale or exchange can control the price.

Why thinking it wouldn't, of course it will!. Volatility in price of bitcoin or even any other alts in the market is already in its nature. Yeah this is one of his attributes we really love the most and I'm sure it will stay for a very long time unless btc finally meet its final supply; that will be a different story since the demand will surely matters by that time. But anyway, don't worry either because it will take more than our lifetime (in our generation at least ;D) to reach the hard cap, it was estimated to reach in 2140 (https://blockexplorer.com/news/how-many-bitcoins-are-there-hint-not-that-many/). So you still have plenty of time to make the most of your holdings :).

It wasn't because BTC can be both a good currency and investment at the same time.
If people will not use BTC because they are worried of its volatility then we can find a solution for that, the LN would be a good one though.
On the other hand, for people who are willing to invest, volatility would not be  problem, besides this volatility that we are witnessing has been serving different users in the space, especially the day traders.

no wonder if whales can control prices, they have 20% of circulation, I think if bitcoin can be accepted in most countries in the world, then there is no more whales, but maybe a strong country can change control

Volatility will sure disappear because the amount of Bitcoin is limited, and as demand increase, supply decreases, closing the gap between both and then reducing the level of volatility that we have in the market.

The reason why volatility is still much now is because there is still enough bitcoin supply in the market and the price is still very cheaper for people to buy and sell, imagine that 1 bitcoin cost like 1 million dollars in future, how many people would be able to afford this, and how many quantity of bitcoin would they be able to buy at once to manipulate the market, not even the rich man will be able to buy more than what they can afford, so don’t think volatility will not reduce, it will sure reduce overtime, and the time it will reduce depends on how fast adoption can be.

I think bitcoin volatility will stay because there are still many amount of people that's new into bitcoin and there are also many that leave. The price will change following the demand and supply right? If the demand is high and the supply is low, then bitcoin price will increase. And if this happens continuously, then it will always increase and maybe the volatility will decrease little by little. But for now, bitcoin is not stable yet, and the volatility is actually one of bitcoin uniqueness that makes people get interested in bitcoin because the price can get high and down drastically and make people curious and want to get into this world.

My question is – how did the volatility affect you? Did you make profit or you made loss? What’s your reason for saying that you don’t like the volatility ? If you just hate the volatility for no reasons then you don’t even know what you’re saying .before you started investing your money in Bitcoin didn’t you know that Bitcoin is volatile? Or didn’t anyone tell you that? I don’t even think you’re a newbie, though your accounts States so ,but whether newbie or not you’re already aware of that and shouldn’t v complaining.

Maybe you’re saying this because you lost money ,’cause I’m very sure that if the volatility worked in your favor and you made hundreds of thousand dollars you wouldn’t be here saying that you hate volatility. You only hate volatility because you lost. Crypto investment is not meant for everyone ,if it’s not working out for you then you should quit and look for something else to do. It must not be in favor of you, that is why you’re being told that there are risks involved in trading crypto. You better quit if you can’t take the risk instead of complaining .

The volatility of Bitcoin will be there in the future because Bitcoin price is moved by the demand level on the market. And since Bitcoin is decentralized, no centralized authoritative body have full capabilities of causing stabilized price. The value and price is always determined by the activities of traders, holders and investors of Bitcoin although their activities are sometimes triggered by external factors such as news from influential personalities.

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Have small hope with bitcoin raised up later, just several days bitcoin look higher and always profitable if you invest your money on bitcoin than you choose altcoin as your assets.

Don't shoot the messenger, okay?

As I have a really bad message for you. Volatility is not just here to stay, it is likely to increase if we expect the prices to rise in the future (with adoption rates negligible). Bitcoin has limited supply which can't possibly be increased following the rise in prices (as is the case with gold, for example). Higher prices bring more volatility, and that seems to be a kind of dead end for Bitcoin. This phenomenon is real as proven in late 2017 and being proved again now

All in all, it means that at higher prices the market supply will reveal a tendency to decrease, which will lead to higher levels of volatility (contrary to popular belief). In fact, this is exactly what we see with prices above 10k right now. There is neither supply nor demand in sufficient amounts but a lot of space for volatility instead, which will only expand further at higher prices in the lack of real adoption (which could wind it down a little)

It doesn't work that way

Indeed, those who entered Bitcoin in 2009 and didn't quit somewhere between now and then can use these statistics as they reflect their situation. But these early adopters are few and far in between. For the rest of us such stats don't mean a lot. It is our personal gains and losses that count, and whatever those might be, they hardly have anything to do with how many days Bitcoin has been rising

As the famous saying popularized by Mark Twain goes, there are three kinds of lies, with statistics being the worst kind. Really, if Bitcoin was rising for, say, 100 days and then lost all its gains within just a single day (a very common situation in cryptocurrencies), can we say that these stats are not in fact a thoroughly concealed lie as they can push people into making rash decisions if taken seriously?

Okay, how about when the supply becomes limited, or have you forgotten that bitcoin is designed to have a limited supply?
And this is why many people believe that bitcoin will eventually be the nest digital gold I future become that time, the price would have become more stable ad hardly would you see much volatility, and then, bitcoin will also serve as a stable coin even if it is not design like the usual stable coin that we know.

So you can never say that bitcoin volatility will continue in future, it will surely end someday, maybe when the whole 21 million bitcoin has been completely mined. So, I will tell the op that the volatility of bitcoin is not here to stay permanently, so we better take advantage of it now while it last.

From what I have seen so far, I'd say that volatility is good for those who make investment and even for those who do trading. On the other hand, it can create issues for those users who want Bitcoin as a payment medium. Merchants who accept payments in Bitcoin will be at the risk of the value of their coins going down significantly in a short period of time (if I am not wrong, this has already happened with Overstock).

But long-term holders don't need to worry about it. Although there is volatility in the market, in the long term the prices are definitely going to go up. So in case someone holds the coins for 3-4 years, the chances are that he'll end up with a good profit. The same can't be said about those noobs who want to get rich in 6 months. There is no guarantee that the prices will remain higher after such short durations.  

If people will be aware on the stable coins, volatility would not be problem, if they receive bitcoin, they just right away with stable coin and then their money is safe. That's why altcoins will remain useful even BTC continues the dominance as it's impossible for BTC to exist as a payment system with the help of altcoins. Just more awareness and they will figure out how to handle the volatility.

LN is the solution to make a cheap and faster transaction, while stable coins is the solution for volatility.

It is not a solution for volatility

Obviously, you seem to mean that you can use stable coins to hedge the value of your crypto assets against the adverse effects of volatility. Yes, you can use them, but then you can just as easily use the good old American dollar and get done with that as well as the issues that stable coins themselves may cause

Actually, the dollar would be a by far better choice in this regard but for the overhead costs involved in moving fiat to and out of exchanges (that's basically why stable coins emerged in the first place). To put it differently, stable coins are not a remedy for volatility simply because they are not affecting it in any imaginable way

Regulation.
Stay with me, I will explain. Regulation will need more investors, the more investors can buy bitcoin . Not some derivatives backed by BTC price but hard core Bitcoins. If there is more investors, there are money in market, the more money in market - less volatility.

You mean regulation makes btc attractive ?  To some yes but for most no because they prefer bitcoin the way it was meant to be .  

I dont think that more money will result to being less volatility . more money means the value of btc will pump , most people will only sees that as a good opurtunity to sell so the value will drop rapidly ,the decrease of the price will also be an opportunity for the people to buy.  see ?  The value is still up and down .  not stable

I don't think that volatility is going to disappear, it's one of the main characteristics of Bitcoin. And I don't see how anyone or anything could influence on it to change it. From time to time, depending on situation in the market volatility isn't so visible but it's always there.
Bitcoin is not designed to be stable and I can't see what use would that bring even if it where.

The most possible thing we can do with the volatility is to reduce it, but it will say.
Its volatility would reduce if the adoption will increase because it will spread out the supply of BTC to different users.
At this early stage we are, there are only few who holds a big portion of the total supply and hence they can move that price which makes bitcoin highly volatile. I'm sure you are aware of the price manipulation here, so until that is still possible, that high volatility would remain.

For those who don't like the volatility of Bitcoin, there are dozens of stablecoins available to invest with. Volatility is an integral component of the Bitcoin ecosystem and it is not possible to eliminate it. Especially if removing volatility means having a stable exchange rate against a fiat currency such as the United States Dollar, which is not protected against inflation.

Nobody wants Bitcoin to become centralized as the main concept of bitcoin popularity and introduction was a de-centralized currency. We all want bitcoins to be a little bit stable but still retain its decentralized nature

I know the traders like bitcoin to remain volatile to they be able to make profits but do you know how many traders are there who are in loss because of this volatility. Due to this volatility many business avoid using bitcoins to perform transactions.

Certainly the volatility will remain and Bitcoin will
see a big rise and I hope it will be $ 20,000

Yes, Bitcoin volatility is here to stay, because it is a decentralized currency and the price isn't controlled by governments or banks, so it will keep going up and down all the time, almost. That's the case for all decentralized cryptocurrencies.
By the way, I believe volatility isn't a bad thing for BTC, because it is motivating more people to buy and hold it for the long term.

Sure does, volatility is the main reason why bitcoin is popular to many because it can give higher returns when handled correctly though it has high risk but with bitcoins performance for a couple of years, it is worth the risk. Regardless of the government trying to control or even ruin it bitcoin’s volatility is here to stay no matter what.y

I do not think that the number of investors in the market will somehow influence the level of price volatility. Today they are investors, and tomorrow there will be sellers. Demand and supply will change strangely, and therefore the volatility of Bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies will always remain. This is a huge advantage and at the same time a huge disadvantage of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, I think when people think about early adopters, they always think about the earliest adopters and these were very, very few.

I actually met some of these guys (early adopters) and they were those in it since 2011 at the earliest, more or less the time exchanges were beginning to crop up and mining became an industry in itself. I was surprised when those guys, some of them anyway, gave up last year and I used to think: weren't they around long enough to see the cycle repeat itself at least twice already?

I'm a little wise now and I know those numbers don't mean anything in the context of the individual.

And even fewer remain in it (as you note yourself later)

Many so-called early adopters were totally random people (like drug addicts) who got into Bitcoin purely by chance, and most of them had disposed of their bitcoins long ago, likely as early as 2013-2015. I'm actually curious if there are any of these adopters left at all, at least those who got their feet wet with Bitcoin in 2011 (not even speaking of 2009). As this forum shows, there are only a dozen active accounts that old (like theymos and his buddies), while some of them might have been sold (and then resold) in the past


You're welcome

That's because of many investors and believers now it becomes the best asset and best currency online. Bitcoin volatility will become stronger, it will not fade because it will be more active. I don't care about the volatility because I know how to deal with it, traders must also learn that thing. Bitcoin is here to stay for good but don't expect bitcoin to become stable.

I think that Bitcoin as a decentralized cryptocurrency will keep its volatility forever. The market and the price aren't controlled by the governments or by any other power, so the price can't be stable someday. That's the case for each decentralized cryptocurrency, not only Bitcoin.

This even should be stay forever .. noone can control over you .. you are in the right place! A real form of freedom is decentralized.

Unlike any other market that played by authority, even though it's quite controversial about how volatility threat making people fear , especially for those who doesn't love taking any risk. A free market has its own charm , as you said ... it's a huge chances to earn big. Expecting 100% to 5000% in crypto market is a normal thing and everyone know about it! Viva volatility!

Even stocks, they are not controlled by the government, what makes it volatile is the speculation in the market, price is not stable because any time there's a FUD and hype that could significantly affect the emotions of the investors.

The government can only take control with their regulation but with some limitations, and they can't control the supply and demand aspect and the way this market behave as its norms, this is the nature of crypto, if we don't like volatility, this isn't a good place for us.

The market game has already happened a lot but there are still many people who believe that the current conditions have no influence from that and purely on the basis of demand alone, can be seen from the news that many people have seen bitcoin as a new thing for profit

Yes everyone expects for a high volatility but still price goes down and not moving again we are all expecting that the high volatility will continue to grow up. But we believe that bitcoin will not stay poor, l believe it will increase soon. I know bitcoin will surprise the many because theres a lot of supoorters of bitcoin.

It may be hard to accept that there's a manipulation that happens to the market but we can't pinpoint out but use the term 'whales' about it.

Regardless if there's a manipulation or there's none, it's true that bitcoin will never have stable price at all.

We should know that volatility will be forever, as long as btc's gaining investors. because of this people are getting excited to have btc to their wallet, make it popularity. put some effort to have it. if this will continue to rise more people will gather here to only to have it but to make sure that it will help them to have more funds outside that less hardwork. btc's volatility help each of us to get rid of difficult living.

Volatility happens in every single market, look at prices of all stocks and even more stable things like gold, they are moving every single day as well, not as much as bitcoin for sure but they are moving too.

The only difference between bitcoin and other investment stuff like stocks and commodities is that we have no regulations and that is great for us, nobody really can interfere with our operations and that is more important than people realize, that is why we are risking volatility and higher amounts of it in exchange of having no central authority that can take care of bitcoins movements for us. If you want more centralized less volatile thing than you can go buy some gold, it will always have higher amount of worth over years, small increases but still increases and you can still keep your money safe from inflation.

Yes bitcoin volatility will stay. Because this is cryptocurrency's life. Everyone monitor the volatility of bitcoin especially high volatility because everybody have a chance ti be rich here.

Definitely. Bitcoin will always be volatile as long as it is decentralized. It will forever stay that way because its the only character of bitcoin that made all investors keep thrilled on it. Imagine if its price won't pump anymore so investors would probably lost their interest into bitcoin and find some other potential coins that will make them profitable as much as they want. So let's just accept the fact that bitcoin will always be volatile.

Don't you know that because of the volatility of Bitcoin all traders and investors are able to get profit, and to get savings for the
future also. Because if volatility is not staying here, for sure no one will get earnings anymore here in crypto industry, but that's not what
is happening for a years now mate.

Ever since Bitcoin was created and traded in the market, we have not seen its volatility to decrease and it's more likely to increase in the coming years, so many factors are involved why Bitcoin is highly volatile like the uncertainty of the value of Bitcoin in the future, until now many believe Bitcoin is a bubble waiting to explode.

Another one is security breaches, every time we hear security breaches of wallets and exchanges, it always has a direct impact on the price of Bitcoin, Bitcoin is still in the adopted stage we can always expect uncertainty of the price, whether we like it or not.

Unless bitcoin get adoption globally, the volatility will remain certainly. New people will come into the ground, will go again which will cause volatility all the time. After it get adopted widely, the volatility will not be much there.

Bitcoin market is still very young and the volatility will not decrease suddenly. When it is globally accepted and the maturity has grown over time, people will not want to sell but HOLD, which will make it more scarce and reduce the volatility we are currently experiencing, however, this will take some time.

I always believed that Bitcoin has a great future and will be able to attract a lot of investment, not only from individuals, but also from the big business.  But today, I believe that the main problem for Bitcoin is scalability, because if you consider that they will begin to use Bitcoin in large quantities, this will lead to a huge shortage of capacities for the transaction.

Indeed, it will take a long time to reduce volatility in the crypto market but when later growth continues with mass adoption that continues to occur, then at least volatility will be suppressed because of global use at least there will be many changes to be more positive.

Volatility will surely decrease as the adoption increases, but the main thing which is the volatility will always stay.

The market now is highly volatile, look at BTC now, it's up over 6% in just one day, the previous days it was down 7%, so that explains a lot of its high volatility. If BTC is highly volatile which dominates the market, the more the altcoins are, and I notice also today that bitcoin already owns 70% of the market dominance, so even if BTC is gonna be less volatile, with that dominant rate, it will still make altcoins more volatile when BTC moves.

Where does the volatility end? Will it stop at some point were Bitcoin i already the currency of world? If maybe that happens then how would the future people take responsible actions with it's volatility right? Well but maybe most of the people that bought Bitcoin i because it is volatile. Again the idea of blockchain is great but how about Bitcoin?

Most of the people that owns any crypto hopes for the huge increase in the price, in the same time same people wish volatility to stop. It`s impossible to wish for both to happen. Volatility is here to stay, and as long as people trade like crazy there will be volatility.
If bitcoin becomes the currency of the world maybe volatility will end, but when we can expect that to happen, in 10 years or maybe 20 or 30... will it happen at all, or its just a dream of us bitcoin holders.

The author of the Altcoin Daily cryptocurrency channel built a unique theory. It is based on the fact that if Bitcoin continues to grow at the same pace, then over the next 5 or 10 years, it can equal capitalization with gold, which is more than $ 7 trillion. And after 50 years, the capitalization of Bitcoin can grow to the size of all the money in the world and then it will cost 4 or 5 times more than a million dollars.

The bitcoin market and the entirely Cryptocurrency market is still developing and still small compared to the global forex market. If the market becomes very robust like hitting some trillions of dollars and bitcoin sharing a very good dominance like we currently have, then the issue of manipulation will be long forgotten and won't be dipping much at a very short time interval as we currently experience.

There shouldn't be so much volatility in the future, but don't expect such gains also when these times come. For traders it is actually good that crypto market is so volatile. Otherwise you can just trade on stock exchange for the same profits. Not only volatility, but don't forget predictability, it also matters a lot. Crypto is very unpredictable and I like it.. ;)

The volatility of bitcoin will never be gone for your information. The value of bitcoin right now is not that good but if you wish that volatility will be gone well, for sure it will be more decrease.  We should take the volatility as a normal thing on bitcoin.
To survive on volatility make sure you have enough money to invest on other tokens, this is just my opinion.

Yeah, I don't understand why some people hate the crypto's volatility since because of this property of the crypto the trade is never-ending. Moreover, it is the price fluctuations that also interest new traders to the crypto market. So as long as the crypto is surviving, the volatility will remain here to stay...

Well that's one of the consequences of decentralization and not having any central control. Learn how to live by it and you would make lots of profits trust me. you just have to learn how the market cycles (I bet you would not be right all the time but at least you would make some decent profits) and place your orders. The cryptocurrency market is always going to be volatile unless we choose to give the power back to the government again and settle for fiat corrupt currency.

I think the bitcoin volatility could last for the next 10-20 years because of the number of people using bitcoin and other cryptos is relatively small. I think the price volatility depends on the number of people using bitcoin, big or small. There you go Mr. HODLer here is your chance.     

The question is rather: is Fiat volatility going to worsen. Remember BTC is the standard (1=1), it's 'volatile' because we still see it as 2nd tier to 'official currencies' (printed paper). Before 2030 I expect a basket of goods to be denoted in BTC - thus making it stable (and this price would perhaps only gradually decrease at whatever the inflation rate of BTC is at that time).

It is right that because of fluctuations in the price of bitcoin there are a lot of traders who are investing their money in bitcoin and are doing trade which is considered as a fantastic feature by them but there are some other people who are not expert traders but want to invest in bitcoin and want the price to increase continuously or with decreased fluctuations so that they do not worry with the fluctuating price.

Volatility is what makes the Bitcoin market attractive, movements tend to be faster than in the Stock Market. Volatility must know how to take, so as not to affect the integrity of the trader or speculator, it is a market that can be unpredictable, I believe that volatilide will always be present and is here to stay.

It only makes it attractive to speculators/traders. Most people do not want a volatile currency/monetary system.

crypto market volatility will definitely stay and although many people expect this market to be more stable but I am not sure that will happen in this high demand market. so with the rapid rise and fall of prices this is a character of the crypto market itself so it is not easy to predict

but most cryptocurrency users do need volatile prices, because they can use that to their advantage. however, there will always be requests, and needs. this will create volatility that will continue to exist. as long as it is decentralized, I think it will be very difficult to maintain the stability of a coin.

The volatility of bitcoins, like other decentralized cryptocurrencies, will always exist. Some believe that the more people get involved in cryptocurrency and use its services, the less cryptocurrency will be volatile. If this circumstance will affect a decrease in volatility, then insignificantly. Negative and positive news will also appear and it is with them that cryptocurrency holders will continue to be guided. So far, I do not see any prospects for reducing the price volatility of the cryptocurrency.

Price volatility attracts good players to ride with the situations, taking advantage from investors who are not ready to compete with big players. Those who are easy being move from certain market sways are the favorite of big whales inside, as long as manipulations are taking the big space of this industry Volatility will continue to take over. It's the investors own point of views to work out from this venue of investment.

Would only say that bitcoin is not stable if I will see it happening, but IMO, its not likely to take place since we cannot control the demand and supply and its been happening in the market that when there's a big demand some people are holding not selling their bitcoins as that's a good strategy to increase the value.

Bitcoin is volatile because its difference from other currency, it can be a currency and as an investment at the same time, and take note, supply is fix and there will be no more printing like money.

Excessive Volatility indicates that there are a lot less users who have adopted this technology therefore the market is not evenly spread. Whales with big wallets can easily manipulate the whole market on their side using a big trade. Coming to your question volatility will decrease if lot more traders enter into the market making the market evenly spread with lot of people. In stock markets we have a lot of investors even talking about whales there are a lot of whales in stock market having different opinions at everytime which makes market less volatile as when one whales wants to dump the price down the other tries to keep it up thus making the market less price elastic to every movement.

Over the past three months, the capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has decreased by almost 40%, and the largest share falls on Bitcoin.  This indicates, first of all, that cryptocurrency users are afraid for their money and get rid of Bitcoin because they lose confidence in it.  Negative feedback about Bitcoin regarding the scaling and relatively too expensive mining, which is becoming unprofitable and inappropriate, is constantly heard.

In my opinion this sudden price movements are not coincidental - it looks like straight up manipulation from group of big players. Negative thoughts about scaling and inefficiency of mining are presents since begining of BTC so this can't have that big impact on market prices

the Bitcoin market is growing on an everyday basis. Given this fact, the more money that is in a market, the less volatility there is. However, we have seen under the corrupt and terrible Donald Trump administration numerous stock market crashes of epic proportions. so it can still happen under terrible leadership even to such a large market like the stock market if the leaders are incompetent.

Bitcoin volatility is part of the game so far because there is not so much volume even if we think it is, this is still baby volume compare to other currencies or companies and in time the volatility will slowly decrease.

I know you don't like, I didin't like it either when I first joined Bitcoin in 2013 but without volatility do you think we would have had so many investors ? I think not because this creates a lot of new opportunities for everyone, anytime they join.

Maybe in 10 years at least we will see another type of volatility for bitcoin but you're looking for stable coins maybe wait for Libra ?

Volatility is best thing I guess but some inexperienced people gets worry about the volatility. Price changes when it rises we can invest our money but when it falls i guess it’s much better to hold. We should sell only at green. So keep holding  never give up just focus on your goal one day price id gona be very high we should just keep patience.

Bitcoin volatility is definitely here to stay for a long time to come. It is obviously impossible to perfectly predict when this volatility will end but it will most likely reduce once mass adoption occurs.
This volatility exists because people are still unsure about bitcoin and will not end until everyone is educated about blockchain technology. Currently the user base is also relatively low, meaning that a little amount of people hold all its supply and therefore leads to easier market manipulation. As more and more people purchase bitcoin, its distribution becomes more diverse and less price manipulation can occur.

In my view, bitcoin volatility will continue until it is widespread worldwide.
He is still a crawling baby, and many of the new fans are just enthusiasts looking for some quick profit.
We'll see the stable bitcoin, but it will take a while.

In my country now, bitcoin is becoming less popular and people started to buy it seldom because of some default which happened to it. Perhaps, it will be better soon, I might hope so

In that case, all I can manage to say is bitcoin has been through a lot in its journey till now and if we look at the overall performance as an investment, then it has not let down those who put their trust in it and waited for the right time to make profits. Bitcoin is the future of money. Just due to present changes, leaving it is not a wise decision. Such people need to grab the worth of this digital asset better.

Absolutely yes. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency the reason why the value or price of it is volatile. It may rise or fall from time to time, unlike fiat that is more stable. Anyway, if you will invest in bitcoin in a long period of time you'll be able to get used to it.

On the other side, Experienced traders loves to see high volatility as opportunities can be taken from those inexperienced traders.
This volatility that surround the market gives extra excitement to those risk takers, challenging the current market flow then enjoy
once the entry and exit positions being hit. Enjoying the benefits and keeps doing the cycle from time to time, Know how to take
things to favor your investment.

Its decentralized nature, whales and an emotion driven investors makes bitcoin volatile. I don't think it would decrease even in the near future because of its nature and the fact that no institutions govern bitcoin trading, makes traders exchange bitcoins at rates that makes pumps and dumps to the price. I think this pattern would just continue, sudden sell-offs, sudden surge of investors, it really depends on what's the recent news that affects cryptocurrencies in general. This price action makes bitcoin trading risky but can also be highly profitable.

In any case, to predict everything that may be very difficult in the near future.  But even looking at the current capitalization of Bitcoin in the cryptocurrency market, it is quite appropriate to say that quite a lot of investors believe in long-term storage of Bitcoin, because the capitalization is still $147,26 B.  In any case, we know its potential and if you change the protocol and solve the problem of transaction speed and transaction price, then Bitcoin will be even more popular in the market.

Bitcoin, Ethereum and other top coins have every chance of achieving a capitalization of a trillion dollars, which will allow them to remain relatively stable and slightly reduce volatility. 5 years is the time during which cryptocurrencies can win at least a minimum of trust from people. Therefore, most likely, in the next few years, it is not worth counting on a decrease in cryptocurrency volatility.

Are you an Alien ::) . Which country you are from and what default happened to bitcoin and what is forcing people to purchase bitcoin. If you are trying to tell something make sure you explain clearly what you are trying to convey rather than post something just to increase your post  :P.

If that is the case then we will not see any volatility in the stock market.

You cannot see a stable price in bitcoin as it is not any country specific and you cannot see a stable economy around the globe  :P.

Individual cryptcurrencies cannot reach a trillion dollar market capitalization because it requires a lot of money for the people that they need to put in. It is more realistic that the overall market capitalization of cryptocurrency will reach a trillion dollar mark but even though the market reaches that kind of capitalization, the market will not become stable and the volatility will still be there because that is the reason why people are putting their money in cryptocurrency, it is because of the opportunity of volatility.

One of the big factor of it's volatility is the limited supply, this is the reason why Bitcoin was predicted to reach the moon, we have seen so called experts predicting Bitcoin to reach as high as 1 million dollar according to Mcafee and some are modestly predicting to reach $100k but one thing is for sure it's an open market you are free to set your price and to buy a price at whatever is being offered.

If it can attract institutional money, then I would think that it would help this market to gain some stability because it will lessen the manipulation as they will hold for long term because they believe on the system. The problem that I'm seeing now is that we have a lot of small time investors that composes the market and every time there's a hype or a FUD, this market will easily move significantly in just a few hours, that is a sign that we don't have a stable market, so we need more that does not panic and will not buy the hype or FUD.

but not all of the crytocurrency have a high volatility like bitcoin (FYI), but that one characteristics that they all have is the reason why I decided to engaged in the world of cryotocurrency. The high volatility of bitcoin is the main reason why we are all earning big profits from a small amount of investment from time to time it goes up, without it, it will be like fiat and that would be hilarious.

Fiat also have volatility but it is so little compare to bitcoin.
 

I think every currency will have volatility but when it comes to crypto they had quite a difference in having fluctuations.
Well, volatility is very normal for bitcoin and it is a partner of bitcoin. Unlike fiat, the Bitcoin price is very volatile. Sometimes the price rises, then sometimes the price dropdown. All you need to do if to get used to it because volatility is really here to stay. But always remember how risky it is.

We have repeatedly been able to make sure that Bitcoin will always maintain its high price volatility. Even now, after he lost about $ 700 in price in a few days, we cannot say whether he will continue to plummet further, or if he will recover and grow in value after a short time. A decentralized cryptocurrency does not have any constraining price factors, since its price completely depends on the ratio of supply and demand in the market.

As you told sir you are believer in hold so you expect also that bitcoin price will go up. We experience now the decreases of bitcoin but we know that is not new to us.
So expect bitcoin will rise up but not totally.

What you probably meant was Bitcoin's high volatility compared to legacy markets. As charts show from 2013, Bitcoin's volatility is slowly decreasing, it is also obvious as the Bitcoin price rose from mere cents to $20,000. A low volatility Bitcoin is probably an expensive bitcoin compared to now.

in my opinion the volatility of bitcoin will last until the end. because the limited amount of bitcoin is only 21 million coins making bitcoin a valuable item. and then bitcoin fluctuations can also be influenced by news about bitcoin. and I think many people are interested in bitcoin because bitcoin has high volatility. bitcoin volatility can make us rich in a fast time or can make us bankrupt overnight.

Volatility means lack of consistency, from this, we could say that downfall will someday end. The only problem here in this industry is that, no one knows when will recovery occur. This seems more of a waiting game; those who would be intimidated and selling their cryptos early, would lose and those who won't will have a chance to earn profit someday. So maybe, the situation only challenges us to be tough at times of such. So just wait and be mindful of the decisions you are going to make.

Volatility actually means the value is changing over time, it can either go high or go low. So the answer would be, bitcoin's volatility is here to stay, it will always be there because it is one of bitcoin's unique characteristic among another currency existing in the world right now. It also has a very high volatility which means the increase and decrease is very high unlike in fiat that slowly goes down.

I don't understand why so many people complain about the volatility. It is one of the basic traits of Bitcoin. If you don't want to invest in a volatile asset, then there are huge number of other options such as bank fixed deposits, treasury bonds and bullion bars. So please don't complain if the prices go down by 10% or 15% in a day (I guess that the users have issues only when the prices go down).

BTW, in my opinion users should not get worried too much with the daily variations. Please look at the bigger picture. If you guys remember, the exchange rate was somewhere around $3,000 per coin a few months back. Even with the 10% decline that we had this week, the prices are still around 150% higher when compared to the previous level.

Still, there are almost all people who don't have much enough knowledge on it, what they know is that they wanted to gain always without embracing  the consequence of their investment that Bitcoin and other crypto is volatile, and you cannot win on it everyday, patience is always required on it.

The volatility of the bitcoin will definitely not going to decrease as time passes by, it would stay until forever simply because when the bitcoin was made it is already the nature of it so there woud be no chance that the bitcoin will decrease it's volatility. Expect the unexpected just like many people says because here in crypto there are many scenarios that may come.

Volatily of bitcoin was normal, as long as there are trading of it in the market its price will change again and again. This was dependent to the supply and demand, basic of economics likewise. Don't be afraid about the drops of its price, what we should do is to be strategic in terms of the distributions of our funds so that we are not relying only in one crypto, this makes your hodl more risky that it might loss all your funds in a sigle time.

it has become a risk in investing and one of them is the price and value we cannot predict and make sure that in the future investors will be needed who have the confidence and patience of investors in investing and in conditions like now investors must be able to take advantage of every opportunity we will get and can certainly benefit

If cards are played right, then any player can win the game. What I am trying to say is, volatility provides the chance to make money. Now it depend on the investor whether he is able to utilize this feature in his favor or ends up losing confidence in his holdings due to its fluctuating nature. Knowledge is the most essential tool for surviving in any field. Same holds true for digital market.

look, basically you are correct and what you're saying is true, but you are missing one thing, huge whales and high risk of market manipulation!
this is no way could be regulated trough economics law and that is why bitcoin will never be stable.

Bitcoin needs liquidity to get rid of great volatility.
Whenever a huge influx of money injected into the bitcoin market, the price suddenly increases and then people tempted to sell, this cycle will be repeated millions of times until bitcoin widespread among people all over the world, then we will have stable market and less manipulation.

I think the demand at the exchange is starting to decline because many are trapped in bitcoin when prices are high but I am sure they will come back when bitcoin conditions can start to recover prices. Don't be afraid because bitcoin prices will definitely return to expensive.

volatility will always be in bitcoin or altcoin. because in cryptocurrency trading, everyone uses volatility to make a profit. investors and traders will definitely wait for the price to come down below to buy, and will sell it when the price is above. volatility will definitely affect market prices, and it will always be exploited by traders.

When we say cryptocurrency or bitcoin then we should also know it comes with volatility. Bitcoin is known for it’s volatility and investors got interested because of it. For me, volatility is in cryptocurrencies nature which means it is here to stay whether we like it or not. Bitcoin is doing great regardless of it’s volatility so we just have to accept it.

Volatility will only be lost if there is one agency that will control the market with their regulation, but that will not happen, because nobody can control a decentralized market, bitcoin is not good as a payment system since it's high volatile but in terms of investing and for trading purposes, this one is very attractive. The only solution they make to avoid volatility is to create a stable coin, but bitcoin to loss its volatility, its impossible.

Expect everything in the crypto because every impossible here can be possible, even the price of bitcoin or other coins may goes higher than we expected and it can dump also beyond our expectations. We better just keep on holding just like what you are doing because the bitcoin right now is fluctuating so much and we don't know what would be happen on the next 24 hours so don't be surprise on the price change of the coins.

One way or another, the potential of Bitcoin has not yet been fully revealed.  It seems to me that another war is taking place on the cryptocurrency market, which consists not only in the survival of new and already completed projects, but also in the struggle between different interests, where some want to get extra profit from cryptocurrency thanks to speculation, while others believe in the future of cryptocurrency and wait for the real development of the cryptocurrency  market and each coin individually.

Although many are wanting and hoping that bitcoins volatility to decrease, we can't deny the fact that volatility is bitcoins feature that we all know that bitcoins highly-volatile nature was emphasized experiencing high fluctuations and undermines bitcoins ability to function as a currency. There are lots of factors that explains why bitcoin is so volatile and we could consider answering your question. The factors are as follows: Market size, low liquidity, regulations, news events, shifting sentiment, unequal wealth, and key role of speculation.

Agree with you. that the volatility in the crypto market cannot be reduced because this has become a karatker which due to the factors you mentioned makes the price very easy to experience major changes every second. just like now bitcoin has experienced a big increase due to positive sentiment, one of which is the cause of crypto experiencing price changes

The character of Bitcoin volatility. Bitcoin volatility attracts investors. Because, trading in volatile markets can be profitable quickly. Again the loss is also fast. In all, the volatility of Bitcoin cannot be denied. This is how it will continue.

every investor can argue anything depending on their beliefs and thoughts and opinions about crypto currencies are certainly different assumptions and thoughts if those who stick with their beliefs are of course patience and clever in utilizing every opportunity that will be found in investing with their crypto currency if luck comes surely they will get the benefits they expect

Because bitcoin is not widely used and not very well known. if only for me, I would never look for another reason why bitcoin's price is still volatile. because we know that it is still tradable and no company or any business is going to make it priority method for online transaction. so for now i prefer to buy at low price wait for bull run. let's also wait for all countries everywhere to support and accept bitcoin payments. maybe for that day bitcoin is stable. how many will agree to bitcoin being stable?

Yeah, volatility is the nature of bitcoin so it will never go and to be honest we really don’t want to let it go as it gives us profit. Because of bitcoin volatility, we gain an opportunity to buy some coins at low price and sell high. Price change actually calls volatility and we all know when bitcoin was invented price was 100$ now it is $10k in the market just imagine the change and its all because of volatility.

You understand the nature of bitcoin and digital market well. Indeed, every impossible is a possible for crypto currencies rather bitcoin. There have been times when people held the idea that bitcoin’s a bubble but what happened next, it touched 20k. That was a big achievement and unbelievable too for majority.  What bitcoin can grow to is unknown as there is no limit. One thing that I am sure about is it cannot die.

The volatile prices of bitcoin and other crypto currencies are also due to us. Therefore, it will not be lost even if time lasts. And if they lose, then investors may not have the interest to invest in it as it is like the fiat money we use in our daily needs.

Bitcoin price fluctuates so much because it is still in development phase and nascent stage, and the market for bitcoin is very small right now. however, if you just look at the past decade and compare fiat currencies there is big volatility between them. even many Crypto assets, despite their volatility, are still more stable than the local currencies of third-wrold countries.

Bitcoin will reach a stable nature far in the future when the prices went through the roof and majority of people start to trust and feel comfortable with it. It can take decades more, but it also is likely to promise some bright future ahead (percentage profit wise) as before we hit a boring stable coin we have to see some more gains.

Yes exactly before investing I was as we of bitcoin volatility and I was well aware of everything related to it. So I think the volatility of bitcoin is good and with it, I use good chance to earn money it gives chance to buy some coins at a low price and sell high as I bought some at almost $7k and now price in the market is about $10k so it’s the advantage of volatility.

I also believe that holding Bitcoin could give me a good amount of profit so here Volatility is the main factor of this theme, In recent days, Bitcoin price again going up and it gives me much pleasure when I see that the value of Bitcoin is increasing, but I enjoy the volatility of Bitcoin very much because I know the price of Bitcoin will get high with the change of time so holding and volatility are both contemporary for each other, But I think volatility is not a stable for any time because some of those people who hold Bitcoin at a great number, they are playing this blame game in behind, So this Volatility will stay for a long time.

I also expect volatility to decrease over time. The question really is what timescales we are talking about. I think when crypto is fully established in society and BTC has become widely recognised as a store of value, then volatility will have dropped a lot by that point - but I do think this is years away. I would imagine volatility will continue for the next few years at least.

It is not just the luck but the ability to see what others cant that makes a difference between leaders and followers. Only if people had invested in bitcoin at its beginning, they would have been rich, far rich than they could imagine. No doubt, bitcoin is the future and it is the most precious asset on the face of Earth. If someone desires to have a bright and financially stable days, he must go for bitcoin. Volatility is money here.

Basically if bitcoin will not going to have a huge volatility, the  it cannot be considered bitcoin anymore, as bitcoin's main characteristics is being volatile in the market, most of the people choose it as the best investment platform to consider. And with regards to being lucky when we are one the earliest adopters, we should be in a discomfort since this time isn't late, there's still volume of bitcoin that hasn't been mined yet.

I am sure the price volatility of Bitcoin will continue to exist because it is a nature of Bitcoin that is always changing in price, Traders also hope that because without price volatility, they will be hard to get profits. You should be able to look for opportunities in the price volatility of Bitcoin.

indeed bitcoin volatility is very high, this causes people to like bitcoin as aseet, but the risk to be accepted is also getting higher,
if a small bitcoin volatility seems to be more comfortable, I'm fully waiting for that to happen

Bitcoin volatility always will stay and it is the uniqueness of crypto! Sometimes Bitcoin price can increase by 2-3K USD within 10 minutes and sometimes it can go down by 1-2K USD within an hour, that's the beauty of Bitcoin! Like this week, Bitcoin has an unexpectedly higher pump within some hours and then again it started down, and from yesterday, BTC price again started growing! So, to pick the best time, you have to be updated with every news in crypto!

very bright example of bitcoin volatility we saw yesterday.
while almost whole market were expected bitcoin to go down to like 6500 line, it burst out to 10 000  :o
so answer to your question, yeap, it is gonna stay.

According to coinmarketcap, the 24-hour trade volume for Bitcoin as of today was around $38 billion. This represents more than 20% of the market cap of Bitcoin. Let's assume that this volume is inflated and therefore we can consider a lower value of 10% of the market cap. But even this 10% is very large, when compared to what we have for similar investment assets.

Gold is having a market cap of around $8 trillion. But the daily trade volume is less than 0.1% of that amount (I am not considering the derivatives volume here). Even in the stock market, most of the equities have this figure at less than 1% of their market cap. And in my opinion, this very high trade volume is one of the reasons why we have high volatility with Bitcoin.

of course I'm used to bitcoin volatility. before investing bitcoin, of course I've done research. and I've researched that most people invest in bitcoin because of its volatility. bitcoin volatility can make a rich person quickly or go bankrupt overnight. as long as we have good speculation about the price of bitcoin, we will benefit. and of course we also have to be patient when the bear market. and stay hodl.

Sure is and we should accept the fact that bitcoin is volatile and will remain volatile even after so many years. Volatility is in the bitcoin of bitcoin and it is also the reason why people got interested in bitcoin in the first place. Volatility is indeed here to stay no matter what so one must be smart enough to go around it.

     If this is the case, there is no market which could be predicted accurately. You never know your national stock market will close with positive points or will go in loss. Every market related to money is unpredictable. The volatile nature of bitcoin is beneficial for everyone because in this way it is possible for new investors to purchase this coin. Otherwise if it stays in pump continuously new investors cannot have it.

I don't see any reason why it would go away, there is demand and there is a profit to be made from selling, and people are still creating FUDS about Bitcoin, the limited supply makes it a subject to speculation and volatility, people will put a high buy order, when they see demands and progress, and they are fast to sell when there is speculation and bad news circulating.

I do not know why people forget this important fact, bitcoin is a new currency and a huge level of volatility is inevitable, bitcoin has only been around for 10 years and in historical terms that is nothing since gold has been a currency for thousands of years, it is natural we are having problems finding the price of bitcoin but if it keeps growing in adoption then we could see a more stable price, this will take a long time but we will eventually get there.

we all know that many bitcoin users use their coins to trade, I am sure traders use volatility to profit by exploiting changing price conditions. if bitcoin volatility is lost, maybe people will lose their enthusiasm, because they will be hard to get income. therefore in my opinion volatility will always be there every day.

Presently, the cryptocurrency market is progressively filled by a couple of financial investors and establishments. This aids the market control that appears to be an apparatus in the cryptocurrency world, there's additionally the likelihood that a significant part of the market development that speculators base their exchanging choices on is a fabrication. The main concern here is that any budgetary market that highlights value control, bogus information, and computerization that enhances each market development can't ever be steady.

Volateli on crypto, especially in this bitcoin is the main factor why Crypto is very popular and until now more and more people are doing business in crypto or Bitcoin. Because of this volatile nature that could benefit traders or investors. So if the volatility decreases, then Bitcoin will not become popular anymore, maybe public not interest again to adopt Bitcoin. I think Bitcoin needs to be volatile in order to be profitable as crypto  business.

that's normal volatility always happens, proving a very exciting market, you should feel better about that, hold bitcoin is very good right now, I believe if they don't die, it will grow very strong

There's an advantage and disadvantage for the volatility of Bitcoin, not only it but also cryptocurrency. The advantage for those who can see it is that they are taking advantage of it, that they can take this momentum as the chance to buy at dip and to sell at the higher price, so this has been very beneficial for most people, but for the newbies, this has been disadvantage especially to those who has zero knowledge as they are afraid in entering crypto because of this.

well if you ask that then people can only give their opinions, because no one really knows.
I'm also curious about what will happen after all the bitcoin supplies come out.
and that too will happen in about 100 years.
so we will not know the economic development in that year.
I think it might be stable when the supply is at its maximum.

Bitcoin's supply cannot be dwindling, that is based on my opinion because come to think of it, bitcoin is being recognized all over the world, it has also a big possibility that there are investors coming out from nowhere and supporting every project in the future. Also by that, there are more users or buyers can now learn how to trade or buy crypto. The volatility of cryptocurrency is in its nature, the idea is that the price is changing time by time. YOu are the one you needs to be informative because we all know that we cannot predict when to pump or dump.

Bitcoin is delibarately deflationary, that is part of the point.

Inflationary money is a con that we have been conditioned to accept as normal. £10,000 in my parents' generation could buy you a house. £10,000 now would not even cover the deposit.

Money used to be tied to gold. It was deflationary because tied to a fixed resource. Over time money got turned into bank notes, which are essentially IOUs. A £10 note isn't £10 of money, it is a piece of paper that says I owe you £10 of money. Crucial difference. "Money" now if effectively debt. We are all moving debt around all the time; "money" has been so abstracted that it is no longer tied to any physical asset. New money can be printed at will, indefinitely. And it is printed at will. It is inflationary. It is a con.

Bitcoin is at least in part a response to this situation. The fact that bitcoin is deflationary is a solution, not a problem.

LOL... people talk about volatility only when the prices are down. This thread never gets active when the prices are going up. And that is exactly why the volatility of Bitcoin is not a bad thing. Despite its volatility, Bitcoin continues to give good returns to those who had invested in it. The only catch is that you need to stay calm and refrain from panic selling.

And who owes whom, and what exactly?

All right, money is debt, and it is a piece of paper that says you owe me £10 of money. Where can I get that real money then? Okay, you don't owe me anything personally, I get it. But really, if money in the form of banknotes (or whatever other than hard currencies backed up by something tangible) is essentially a piece of IOU, what is actually owed by this IOU? As far as I understand it, modern money is simply a unit of account which is conveniently and conventionally used as a medium of exchange, and that's pretty much all there's to it

You can also take advantage of volatility which traders would truly understand how massive their profits are by utilizing this. The funny thing about Bitcoin is, no matter how much its price falls down, in general it always surpasses its previous lows if you try to look at the chart. What you should do is to think rationally and look forward for the long run than focusing on short term because if no then maybe Bitcoin is not for you. You may consider finding another that would go the way you expected for it to go which you would not find anyway.

If you stop to think every form of value accumulation has volatility. This shows that btc is moving in the right direction and soon it will stabilize (this does not mean that it will no longer be volatile but that these volatilities will be lower).

Only if you understand and believe in Bitcoin for the long term you should buy it. Bitcoin is not a speed game. This is an investment in the future. Bitcoin value is tantamount to gold storage. Although cryptocurrency, you can quickly get a profit if necessary, than you can sell your gold assets.

I think it can be less volatile when it becomes more pricey, but it's never guaranteed. What would be the use of bitcoin if its price always stayed the same?

The volitle price of bitcoin and other altcoins will not disappear and will remain the same in the future. And it is possible to increase it over time especially since many whales control it.

Therefore, holding is no longer advisable now, as the price of bitcoin and other altcoins is unpredictable.

Yes now is the best time to buy bitcoin as the price is low which is increasing quickly so better buy no doubt soon you will lose the opportunity as we know crypto use to change it’s a price too fast. We should get invested with some well known and profitable coins like bitcoin and some part of our money into ETH. These coins are worth investing for me.

So you are bullish in Bitcoin, I mean everyone who are bullish will always say it's time to buy bitcoin, well honestly I would say that at the current rate of bitcoin. It's down now and the next thing that would happen based on our expectation is it would bounce back which we hope that it will bounce back strong to continue to rise and will not disappoint us seeing the pump and dump.

$20k is still possible, maybe a year or two and at the current price now, it is still reasonable to hold with that expectation.

The price of bitcoin is still in downtrend and it is the reason why price is still declining. I do not know why people are keep hoping that the bitcoin will easily increase its price, it is still impossible because we are still in the bearish market and also the price will not easily go up because there are a lot of resistance that the bitcoin should surpass first. The price of bitcoin bounce in its current resistance and there is a possibility that it will go breakdown any soon. So for me it is still not good to buy bitcoin. Those people who still do averaging down will lose more money because of there ineffective strategies.

Some people are only seeing the good sides of volatility if the situation is favor to them like bull run but if they bought their coins at higher price and the market turns bearish they will start to question why this fluctuation is happening. Thats how crypto works and we should be aware of this before engaging ourselves to crypto. It started with volatility and will remain the same as long there's a demand for it.

You can ride volatility either way

When the price is rising, you long buy and earn dough. When the price is falling, you short sell and again earn dough. Indeed, in real life it is more complex and complicated than that (e.g. with shorts your risks are virtually unlimited - only by the size of your deposit, while profits are always capped), but if you get the hang of it, you will welcome these bursts of volatility, actually wait for them, and start to question why they are not happening

Bitcoin volatility is here to stay. There is no chance for bitcoin to become stable because the market of bitcoin is not regulated by the government and the market is also open 24/7 so there is no chance to prevent the market fluctuations. To be honest, it is an advantage to us because we can trade with the movements and make at least a few percentage of return.

Yes, it will not become stable especially that we do have a lot of holders in Bitcoin, so no matter how much we aim to make it stable it won't happen, especially that there are people who are holding Bitcoin that has an impact in the price once they sold it, crypto will stay but the price will differ from time to time, so we must be ready all the time.

Obviously yes, otherwise bitcoin has no more purpose, the volatility is the only reason why bitcoin is so famous.

Otherwise, people would go back to the stock market

As I see some part of people don't like stablecoins and no one has hesitated using of bitcoin because of it's high volatility. Bitcoin is amazing coin for trading, a lot of money is invested in it which includes bitcoin mining datacenters, exchanges, some services and etc. Also according to statistics, 64% of bitcoins haven't moved since 2018 that means a lot of people are holding and why? To see rise of price and bitcoin's volatility is what causes massive rise and falls that creates great moments to catch desirable price for buy/sell. So it has to stay there because as you see demand is very high.

unfortunately, bitcoin volatility is far from being over. Even this year we see too much volatility in price of bitcoin along with altcoins. This volatility is main hurdle in the main adoption of bitcoin as mainstream payment system. I fear bitcoin mass adoption won't be a reality if we keep on seeing such wild wings.

Volatility is the nature of bitcoin, so it is indeed inseparable from bitcoin. So that's why bitcoin is always in demand by investors,
one of the reasons is because the price of bitcoin volatility can bring profit. For now it's bitcoin looks stable because the price
movement only ranges between $ 7,000- $ 7500. But with the sideaways bitcoin price condition does not mean bitcoin volatility
is lost. Only bitcoin volatility intensity is reduced, but ahead of the halving bitcoin that is happening at mid-2020 can make bitcoin
volatility increase. Therefore many traders are waiting for a moment of increasing volatility bitcoin, in order to make a profit.

This is the prime property of bitcoin that makes it stand out other conventional currencies and means of investments i.e. volatility. Bitcoin stability will not be supported by anyone because in this way the buying and selling will slow down and people have to wait for longer times to buy or sell it off. Undoubtedly the sudden selling off bitcoin by large number of holders makes prices go down badly.

Yeah if we want to earn from crypto we will have to invest in right time and sell at the right time but never panic. It's really important to learn about the right time to buy and to hold. If you will hold your coin it will give you profit that’s why I am trying to hold my bitcoin as much as possible. Having bitcoin in your savings is more than blessings for me.

If you took some time to study how Bitcoin is functioning and learned something about it you know that volatility is something that can't be divided from Bitcoin, it's natural part of price changing cycle.
So, there are no measures or activities that could make volatility go away. Besides, if there was no volatility how could traders be able to make their money?

Bitcoin price is getting more and more volatile and chances of stability looks very dim. HODLing is very good strategy but HODLing when you are getting good profit on your investment is not a good thing and must be avoided. You may sell most of your coins when you are in big plus and may keep small portion for future.

This may seem to favor you but not all of us are like that. The first time I knew bitcoin, I started holding some and it did not go well. I am impatient that is why I failed. As you said, if you want to earn from it, better hold it as much as you can. We don't know what future holds so to ensure our profit, we hold and we keep on doing that as long as it is in the place where we don't have any profit.

The price of the bitcoin today is still volatile. Still, the price of the coin is not good enough unlike before because the price from nine thousand dollars it falls for over seven thousand dollars still this is profitable and also a good investment or to buy coins because if the currency goes up your investment will rise too, and that is profitable,  but it takes a long time before you get income, to avoid this kind of scenario, it is better to make an alternative income like use an altcoin to earn profit daily and also try to invest to bitcoin because it has a low market price and use this as an advantage to earn for your long term trading.

Yeah that's the main characteristic that must be possessed by Bitcoin, the price volatility of Bitcoin is also very good as someone's trading job because traders can benefit from price volatility. I think the price of Bitcoin will always be volatile.

You could say that is not enough but in my case, it gave me a lot. From a three-digit to 5, that is amazing. I know that is a long time now but it will never leave my memory how mind-blown I am at that time. Volatility might be a bad thing for others but for me, that gives the thrill. No one knows what might happen and if you think positively, the price can reach or maybe exceed the moon.

before the bitcoin market capitalization became large, Bitcoin will continue to experience the great volatility that it is today, many people like it but some also hate it because the capital of traders and investors loses because of that great risk

But the volatility is sometimes good for the day traders like me, the price of the bitcoin is depend on the supply and demand in the market. The bitcoin has high volatility because the demand and supply are always changing. As a day trader it is hard to manage the volatility of bitcoin but if you have a good trading setups and right skills then it is easy to handle the risks.

One of the famous transaction today is using of blockchain technology that converts the real money into digital money. One of the renowned coin today is the bitcoin; this is the highest and profitable market value among the coins created. All currencies are volatile, and many reasons how does the price affects. From the previous years of the bitcoin it has only one dollar, and many people do not pay attention to this kind of online currency, there are few investors try to put some money in bitcoin before and the price is slowly growing up today, and on 2017 the bitcoin reaches its highest value, and the investors got overwhelmed about the profit they earned on that year, they become millionaires because of the volatile of the bitcoin.

People are of the assumption that volatility will decrease with bitcoin reaching its maximum supply of 21 million. But I doubt that. With limited supply and ever increasing demand, price will keep on fluctuating and volatility might increase rather than decreasing. With more people getting to know about crypto and bitcoin, the demand is set to increase. In such a scenario, trading will increase which in turn will increase the volatility as the market is highly consolidated and manipulated with no center authority regulating the same.

That market needs to be stable in order to see less volatility and I think it will not happen anytime soon as long as the manipulators are free to do their thing. What makes crypto exciting is its unpredictability and with that, it makes the price more volatile.

The number of adopters will increase because of the adoption is growing but as whales controls majority of the supply, they can shake the market anytime they wish.

Manipulators are there for a reason

They are free to reign supreme, roam the markets and reap the profits specifically because there is not much everyday use in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin remains mostly a speculative asset, and it is its speculative nature that makes so extreme manipulations possible in the first place (like the whole market of the second half of 2017 was one great manipulation by Bitfinex through tethers)

However, if the vast majority of bitcoins were used as a currency, i.e. you could buy things with Bitcoin and sell things for it, such manipulations wouldn't ever be possible. There would be no fools to sell their coins below their real-life value, as well as no fools to buy above that value as the price would return to its fair value in less than no time, with orderbooks empty and most exchanges closed

Well, manipulators of market cannot be blame, this is their business, this is their way to earn money, and I think that's really the line of trading and we should be able to aware of it and we should not be easily manipulated by this, let's prepare ourself emotionally and financially once we started to join Bitcoin.

We should not hate it because its only volatility  that gives us chance to buy some coins at low price and then to hold all of them. We should be grateful to the bitcoin that it makes the price down so we get chance to buy them at low price and then it rises so we get profit for selling it. We should move with market and buy some coins at low price and sell high, you really needs to change your thinking.

Bitcoin has a purpose. Today only prices are discussed. Bitcoin offers an alternative to the current economic order. There is a more transparent and fair structure. I think it doesn't make sense to talk to Bitcoin only for prices. We are preparing for a new economic order.

for now the number of bitcoin holders with large amounts is already a lot, and it makes prices easy to manipulate,
but if the total supply of bitcoin is evenly distributed to all people throughout the world I feel the volatility will also decrease

before we enter the world of crypto, of course, must know its characteristics, where high fluctuations occur. so cleverly take advantage of opportunities, then we easily get profit. both upward and downward trends are all opportunities, depending on us who use them

I am one of those who love bitcoin volatility because with it we can buy at a cheap price and sell at high. If bitcoin was not volatile it would remain at the same price so there must be no profit for investing. Right now the price is quite low but still its moving and I am sure one day it will be more than double and give us a lot of profit so we should keep patience.

I believe it will remain volatile for the next few years, maybe after then it would have found a way to stabilize. But currently enjoy the ride and hodl your btc and continue to hope for it to rise more :P

Well bitcoin's initial purpose was to be make actual transactions faster and easier. Of course volatility will always be there as even fiat currencies move up and down in value. What may very well happen is for the volatility to recede and be a little more stable. Perhaps by that time, bitcoin will start to be seen as something that you can spend for your daily needs instead of just a store of value.

People are enjoying the idea of bitcoin’s volatile nature. No one wants it to become stable forever because volatility is what makes it stand out rest of the conventional currencies and investment methods. People will not appreciate the idea of bitcoin stability. Buy yes, after a decade may be it would not fluctuate with those great margins. Fluctuation rage will decrease but it would still be there. For now, as you said just invest, hold and relax.

The current market situation is the biggest example of the volatility of bitcoin, we just broke the support level and i was scared seeing the price going down but now the price recovered once again and when ever the price of bitcoin goes down i completely sign out from trading sites as i have no intention to purchase right now as my budgets are full to invest and hence i rarely view when ever it goes down but now when i checked the price i was surprised to see a 8% recovery and the volatility is here to stay.

at this moment cryptocurrency price , especially bitcoin will moved with high volatility. many stakeholder that will take their role in this market. by creating fud or fomo , they will try to manipulated market and retail traders will be the victim. maybe when government already legalize it , its volatility will decrease significantly.

Bitcoin is still only around a decade old. It may take many decades for it to stabilize itself. Stocks, bullion.etc are less volatile when compared to Bitcoin, because they have been around for a long time and a lot many people trade with these assets. As the user base increases, the volatility of Bitcoin will go down. Perhaps within the next 3-4 years, the volatility of Bitcoin will become comparable with that of the stock market. 

It is not about sticking around

As it is about real-life utility. Put differently, it doesn't matter how long Bitcoin will be around, for 10 years or for 100 years. There is only one way that its price can become stable (other than at zero, I mean), and that is through real-life application when it becomes more valued for something else which is not reckless and relentless speculation. Until then volatility won't go away. But to tell the truth, this is what many of us in fact like about Bitcoin

Definitely. Bitcoin's volatility is indeed what I like and also most of the other people in the cryptocurrency world because we can take advantage of the volatility to create money faster than the stock market. Since bitcoin came in my life, I cannot imagine more of my life that is trading a stable or slow moving asset like stocks and gold.

This is what we like about cryptocurrencies in general

Technically, we feel essentially the same emotions and the same adrenaline rush when we are gambling in a casino. With some coins biting the dust and kicking off eventually, it is the cryptocurrency casino in and of itself. With other coins, it is better than a casino because if you lose, your losses are still paper only (until you fix them, of course), and if you have enough patience and hope, you can just wait out the bad times. In other words, cryptocurrencies are an advanced casino with a house edge in our favor, in favor of the brave and patient

in my opinion the next 3-4 years bitcoin can still be volatility, because indeed Bitcoin will still find its identity as the safest currency for the world, we must see the development of quantum computers, if Bitcoin is able to overcome the issue I'm sure Bitcoin will really be ready to become world currency

I doubt it will ever be "stable". And by stable I mean not moving up or down. Stability is actually relative. If you can find the most stable thing in the world and pair it with USD, you will end up calling USD too volatile.
The most important thing is to have Bitcoin moving in a healthy way, and not extreme movements.
Besides, As long as Bitcoin is deflationary/scarce/limited in supply, it will keep going up than down. This should happen naturally else there would be longterm problems.


It can be a good store of value. We will always have people who would like to save their coin  as long as they can. If they don't see Bitcoin as a good store of value, they will look for something else. Maybe GOLD or another coin that is a good SoV?

Bitcoin is never safe, in fact it's a risky asset and a risky investment as well.
However, using bitcoin gives us full freedom as we don't allow the centralized system to control us, we have privacy as well using our own wallet.

Volatility will never be gone, because only government can make this volatile but they can't control it.

Yes we know crypto really well that price can never remain the same and it will get change somehow so we should move according to its volatility mode and we should buy some coins at the falling price then keep holding and waiting for time to be high again. Yet we should go for buying as prices are so low and have chances for the market to pump again.

That is the common cycle of the market, when the prices goes down hard then the price is expected to have some bounce back to the high prices again. Volatility is normal to the market of the cryptocurrencies and we should not be afraid of it because we all know that at the end of the day, the cryptocurrencies will reign and become mainstream.

It is unlikely that anyone is afraid of the volatility of cryptocurrencies in general, except for ordinary people who are fed with negative cryptocurrency news.  Today, most cryptocurrency users are becoming traders and investors, with the goal of making big money precisely thanks to the volatility of cryptocurrencies.  Of course, the situation should radically change when cryptocurrencies have more stable prices, and the cryptocurrency market is more predictable.

Of course, bitcoin is volatile today and do not worry about this action. After Halving, the price needs a rapid rise.

Halving is definitely highly awaited event of 2020 because the reward prices will be cut down to half for every block that has been mined out on bitcoin network. In short for those who do not know about halving, this is a process of cutting supply of new bitcoin into half which is supposed to increase the value of bitcoin enormously. Halving has become mandatory in order to walk on sunshine in 2020.

But we should also consider a chance when bitcoin will be killed by halving almost completely
When reward of mining block will be too small to put effort in.
I doubt it will happen 2020, but it can happen soon enough we'll miss it coming.

Anyway - I believe Bitcoin will stay volatile until last block is mined

bitcoin volatility will decrease when it reaches the max supply and it is still very long.
at least from the annual chart that we see even though the value is very unstable, but shows a significant increase.
yes even though the chart dropped dramatically after a severe dump in early 2018 but bitcoin is starting to show an increase again.

Halving will definitely occur approximately by the mid of 2020 and till then people who are real bitcoin investors are focusing on collecting as many of it as they can to ensure great profits after the process of halving. I personally am not worried about the current prices of bitcoin and other famous altcoins because this is something very normal in this market. People shall stay relax and simply wait for halving.

No the volatility do not decrease with a maximum supply because it has nothing to do with the volatility but the main thing which will affect the volatility will be the mass adoption. When majority of people will buy bitcoin and they will not sell their coins then the price of it will continuously increase and will reach to a higher value and a stage will come when bitcoin will reach to a good stability but the fluctuation will still be there in the price of bitcoin.

Despite the predictions that cryptocurrency markets will settle as they develop, particularly as supposed stablecoins develop in prominence and impact. Consider the possibility that, in any case, the entirety of the instability isn't a bug. It's altogether conceivable that it's a market include that is not leaving at any point in the near future.

These predictions have been proved wrong time and again

In fact, people were making such claims as back as 2015 (and probably even earlier). They claimed that Bitcoin (let's talk about it here) was going to be more stable at higher prices. But it is impossible for a speculative asset to remain stable for any longer amount of time, and still less so at higher prices. And the reasoning can be easily reversed. If we want a more stable Bitcoin, we should make it less speculative (which is a daunting task on its own, though). Dogecoin is an illustrative example of how things should be with Bitcoin in this regard

Volatility is always part of the bitcoin. It is caused by the consumers demand to a certain exchange. It the consumers demand is higher than the supply in the exchange, the value of the bitcoin will for surely gonna rise up. We will never know when the price of it rises up or down but we can actually try to conclude its next price so that we will be able to gain a advantage for our next trading.

You don't call them consumer because when they buy bitcoin that will still remain in circulation, it will not be loss like those that are consumable.
Basically when the demand will only increase for investment this is not a good thing as the price could not be stable since it could be due to the hype of the market, like for example, when the market is bullish that means people are buying hoping they can sell in a short term for a profit.

What I really like to witness is the consistent growth and the demand for the purpose of using it, whether it's use in gambling, buying online stuff, and other purposes.

A decentralized cryptocurrency cannot be price stable by nature. This is especially true of bitcoin, which is more used by people as a speculative means than a means of payment. In addition, in my opinion, the higher the price of Bitcoin rises, the more its price volatility will manifest itself.

That will affect the price but not always positively.

At the start of that phase, the price will increase, since there are a lot of holders of Bitcoin. The liquidity will now be the problem since Bitcoin will became illiquid meaning hard to be sold or turned into cash or other cryptocurrencies and that will or can change the projectile of the price chart.

I don't see that scenario will happen, people may hold and when the demand increases the price will rise but people who buy can still buy bitcoin but of course at a higher value, however if these people are not mainly into investing, price won't matter at all as they will just spend that bitcoin for whatever purpose they have in mind.

I am very sorry to say that your wish for bitcoin volatility here to stay will not occur in 2020. Because from the beginning of 2020
alone until now the price of bitcoin is very volatile, the price increase is very fast. Imagine that at the beginning of January 2020
bitcoin is still at $ 7200, but you can see that bitcoin is now at $ 10400. The price is very volatile, but I, as a bitcoin holder, really
like bitcoin that keeps moving up like this.

I think buying bitcoin is very good but it should buy bitcoin for a long-term investment because you should be able to see the limited suppl will make the price of bitcoin more expensive from year to year, now there are also many platforms that develop blockchain technology so there will be more cryptocurrency created and can make the price expensive so the investment you make can provide a lot of profit.

Your reasoning is correct, but your conclusions still somewhat miss the target

More holders of Bitcoin will lead to less market supply (in this you are quite correct), and it is indeed going to affect "the projectile of the price chart" (correct as well). Price will most certainly skyrocket initially. But since there will be less bitcoins available for purchase as well as sale, it will necessarily lead to higher levels of volatility. In the end, there will be some sort of shaky equilibrium, though not in the sense of supply-and-demand balance but rather between expanding volatility and declining liquidity. In a way, it can be considered an effect of the second order (with the balance of supply and demand being of the first)

I am not sure if you understand what volatility is, yes the price of btc has increased significantly from $7200 to $10,200 now, but let me show you the chart below, and according to the change we see a pump and dump movement and that is what we called volatility, in fact it's still a high volatility.

https://i.ibb.co/jzPMFcR/volatility.png (https://ibb.co/jzPMFcR)

I don't think Bitcoin's existence goes to hamper because it still takes goodbye  However  I think that the volatility of Bitcoin will increase  Bitcoin prices have risen tons since before and there's potential to rise further. That's why we should always be holding Bitcoin now. Each item takes time to grow and reduce  Now Bitcoin's status won't diminish but will increase.

But the thing is, we can't just buy bitcoin bumy ourselves. It's too expensive even to just buy one. I mean, who has 8000-9000 dollars to spend over cryptocurrency. If we want to exhaust the full available supply in the market, we would need to recommend and advertise bitcoin. Or we can just wait until the developers that take care of bitcoin finally build a program that allows it to become a currency, not just some form of asset. That will significantly decrease the volatility of bitcoin's price. But would also diminish bitcoin's profitability as an asset. It might even dump on value once this happens, so there's some high risks that are involved which the investors' side of the road might disagree.

That simple graph pretty explains how volatile bitcoin is.
We can also check the opening and closing price using the same website - https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/historical-data/

there you can see that even with 1% - 2% of changes within 24 hours, day traders can already make money and that is the volatility we are talking.

Yes, it provides the opportunity to gain big profits but we don't forget that it also has a risk to lose in a big amount as well. Even if it is a good place for investment, always plan everything properly. I mean a crypto investor should have sufficient knowledge related to crypto market and price trends, not greedy to spend all your funds, and don't follow HYPE.

>Consider both positive and negative sides, so you are ready in every condition. 

Exactly, especially in the negative condition as that is likely what some of the investors missed out and they'll try to complain after they proven their decision is wrong. Basic rules in trading, buy the dip and sell at peak, and don't fall for the FUD and FOMO.

volatility is still present as the market is still young. When the adoption is really manifested, we might have a different scenario.  Few people hold a large chunk of BTC and the result is what we are getting now. Better days still lie ahead when the market stabilizes and the adoption increases.

I think that volatility may increase along with an increase in the price of bitcoin.
And I also believe in hodl. Personally, I'm still at a loss, but I still believe that I'm on the right side.

Recent price movements once more prove exactly that, volatility is always present and can't be avoided. It's part of Bitcoin "code" and how it's functioning. So, Bitcoin price can't be stable.
If there wasn't volatility how could traders earn their profit? Exactly the volatility of price is source of their income and therefore volatility isn't necessary a bad thing.

There are many ways to look at this

Really, if Bitcoin is expected (or should I now rightfully say was expected?) to become a universal means of payment, and for that, it should be rock solid and stable in terms of other currencies (mostly, the dollar). In this vein, if Bitcoin's volatility isn't necessarily a bad thing for traders as for them Bitcoin is merely a vehicle for speculation (read, they expect and welcome this volatility), it is one for the purpose of turning into a full-fledged and universally accepted means of exchange

Bitcoin volatility would definitely stay, it would keep on occuring as time passes by. Bitcoin's value is volatile and it will always be so we must learn to adapt on how we can make sure our safety and our profit as it keeps on going. Volatility means the price would keep on changing as time passes, not only when it will decrease so in terms of bitcoin, it is already expected that volatility would keep on taking place no matter what. Always be adjustble and flexible on the changes that will happen in bitcoin so that we can make the most of it always.

At some point it will definitely decrease by a substantial amount. But since bitcoint is not trusted by most as much as lets say silver or gold and given the fact that even people with a very low budget and experience can buy it easily, it will stay relatively volatile for the foreseeable future. But at least thats a good thing for some day traders I guess.

The volatility is often measured in comparison with another asset. Often, the other asset is a fiat currency. Today's fiat currencies are usually open to monetary policy like adapting the money supply in order to protect the interests of the nation or union that issues them. Given this fundamental difference between most fiat currencies and Bitcoin, I see no way of the volatility going away when measuring it this way.

I think Bitcoin volatility will remain and will not disappear, even Gold and fiat will experience less volatility. Because Bitcoin volatility is high enough,
it attracts the attention of many investors. For smart people, they can definitely take advantage of Bitcoin volatility to generate profits. So there is
no need to be afraid of Bitcoin volatility, if we can use it, it will provide many benefits for us. In fact, the first time I became interested in Bitcoin
trading because of the volatile Bitcoin price.

We are witnessing a pump, next movement should be the dump, and that's what you called volatility, high volatility actually.
That would not stop or will be eliminated as its the nature of crypto, for decentralized coins, and that makes traders to be more interested in crypto.

Look how much bitcoin has increased, and then compared how big it will dump when the correction happen.

It is quite common in bitcoin so don't expect it to be removed from the system. We can say that the volatility of bitcoins was still high since with the sudden surge of bitcoin price unless the price would constantly increase and decrease simultaneously with a low price adjustments

We never saw these prices before and nobody knows what can happen. We don't even know what are probable support levels as bitcoin smashed almost every resistance along the way.
This is the unknown bitcoin market and for those who are here since a while it is not very surprising.

I absolutely do not understand what you are calling for.
Besides, volatility has no place to be, or what it is, but we shouldn't pay attention to it? I read your message three times and realized that I did not understand anything.
Volatility is what allows us to make money in a short time, without it, Bitcoin would be like gold.

Bitcon's volatility is a positive value for the world of trading, when compared to stocks, gold and other assets, crypto trading is high risk trading, it's already becoming popular, and in crypto it always gives surprises with high rises that don't exist in other trades other than crypto, yeah everyone likes it it's just that if bitcoin becomes a currency then volatility is not a good thing

Bitcoin volatility has not really come to stay yet but there is a speculation that it cannot fall below $20k, but yet to be confirm by me.

I would like to remind a few things. Most of the posters consider Bitcoin to be volatile, because it's exchange rate versus the US Dollar is not very stable. In the past 3 months, the exchange rate has increased by almost 250% (no one is going to complain about that though). But now we are making the comparison with USD and the question is whether the USD is a stable asset or not? IMO, it is not. Especially after the multi-trillion stimulus program, its value (i.e the purchasing power) has gone down. So in order to have a stable exchange rate against the USD, Bitcoin needs to devalue its purchasing power.

Since its launch, bitcoin has seen its price vault from $0.0008 to nearly $30,000 now. According to Forbes expert, "There are many such use cases for crypto, and we expect these to expand rapidly in the coming year."

The reason why we are seeing this kind of a price change in a year is the fact that bitcoin and crypto currencies as a whole is volatile. Without it, I think there would be a price change like this, not because of the volatility of it but because of the reason that without it, I think there would be no investors that would be interested in it.

Your information is a bit outdated, it's already at $36000 now, (http://preev.com/)

Bitcoin is almost worthless when it started trading and only few really see the potential of bitcoin in the long and they are so wealthy now.
For us who have not invested yet, it's not too late, bitcoin price is still cheap since massive adoption ins expected in the long run.

institutional investors making it looks so legit, and it resulted to this high price now.

What do you mean?

Bitcoin is volatile, in fact, one of the words that would come into your mind when you talk about bitcoin is its volatility. The reason that we are seeing this huge price leap for a period of weeks now is the fact that Bitcoin is volatile. Volatility doesn't just talk about dumping of price, as long as the price quickly changes in short period of time, as long as it can be affected by small movements, it is volatile.

I don't think that Bitcoin volatility will go away one day. Just look what happened after Bitcoin reached new ATH yesterday. The price fell around $3,500 in about half an hour.

I think Bitcoin will remain volatile as usual. although we're currently looking at an astonishing price of "$ 41k", that's a very high number. then will it last here? no, it could go up higher, it could go down. especially if the bitcoin holder currently holds a large number of coins and sells them simultaneously, it will definitely affect the price of bitcoin.

Bitcoin is volatile in nature and the increase in price now does not dispute this fact. The price increase is here to stay

There's no need to use the word "if" because whales rea really selling when they sees profit, they buy at dip and sell at peak, sometimes they even sell even at 5% or 10% profit, because with big holdings, they'll make a decent profit already.

It is unlikely that a short-lived, but a decent drop in the price of bitcoin recently can be called a correction of its rate. This is just the usual manifestation of its volatility. Apparently, significant batches of bitcoins were put on the market for sale, which led to its almost instant drop in price. Even if its capitalization grows significantly, Bitcoin is unlikely to be able to get rid of this high volatility. It seems to me that Bitcoin and the high volatility of its price will always be together.

That's is also the reason why when bitcoin's price decline the market of it continues to decline even further as majority of whales are starting to sell most of holding to prevent the chance of losing potential income. Anyway a single whale cannot change the price of bitcoin unless they hold too much of it.
If I am correct these whales also have some kind of group chat where they can talk and discuss on where and when to invest and also the time to sell their cryptos which could impact the price of bitcoin once they decided to sell. It is inevitable for the price of bitcoin to decline after this bullish run and we can expect a massive dip on the price of bitcoin afterwards which can only take a day or two to happen.
Bitcoin's current price will not stay as it is for now but we may be able to see this price range on the near future after next halving.

Of course, everyone understands that, except for those who are into FOMO, they'll never understand the correction because they believe bitcoin is just going one way and that is an uptrend. Actually if people will not FOMO, bitcoin will not rise this high and correction is not that big too.

as the institutionals entered the market, do you  think it could decrease the volatitlity ?

Bitcoin, by its nature, is not tied to anything and therefore the will is already laid down in the rules of the game and the foundations of its existence, so if after some time the price of bitcoin suddenly becomes stable, it means that the economic system of the world has collapsed and humanity has decided to rely on bitcoin for a while, taking it as the basis of the economy. Or is it something completely different, but not about bitcoin ;)

If you are so much concerned about the correction, then you can do profit booking now. Depending on your situation, you can sell anywhere from 20% to 50% of your coins and reduce your exposure to risk. However, if you are in for the long term, then the possibility of a correction should not bother you much. Even if there is a correction, the prices will get back to the previous levels after sometime.

This year, we might tell how early it is.

We've been asking for its wide adoption and for years, we are just relying on price movements. Right now, we are now experiencing small adoptions and we just hope that this year would be the start of that adoption. Maybe it is also the reason why we are seeing these price spikes happening.

Bitcoin volatility will remain unless bitcoin is massively adopted and have a very large market caps in few trillions. When the marketcap of bitcoin is increased and many people posses bitcoins, then it will be difficult for the whales and institutions to manipulate it.

Marketcap could grow if people keeps investing, the main  purpose of bitcoin is for online transaction and since some are holding for the purpose of selling it when the price rises, that makes the price to be volatile, so anytime we could see that, a pump and dump has become a normal for bitcoin.

I honestly think that the Bitcoin volatility is here to stay for a very, very, very long time no matter if pumps or dumps. The crypto market is still small and young, so there is a lot of room for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to grow even further as institutions are starting to buy Bitcoin from all over the world. I also believe that only less than 0.01% of the institutions worldwide are buying it, and there are still a lot of them who are not yet aware but may be gaining interest later on.

What you have posted is correct. But investment from institutions are very susceptible to regulatory action. We all saw what happened to XRP, after the SEC acted against it. The same would happen to Bitcoin if they take a similar stance against that coin as well. For now, everyone is ignoring this risk factor. But it is like the sword of Damocles, always hanging over our head.

According to my conclusion the unstable rate will increment with the increment of cost since we have exceptionally moo sum of bitcoin so which makes it more delicate to the advertise changes but when it comes to remain until the end of time or not, only we have the answers. If we keep exchanging the bitcoins and not utilizing as cash until the end of time at that point the instability moreover will remain until the end of time or we get it decentralization is more vital and begin utilizing as money at that point we are going see much less instability.

Of course, volatility will always be there in the bitcoin market and I don't think that as time goes by it might diminish a little bit but indeed, I'm not sure about that because whales in the market will easily change the chart significantly. I personally do not expect it, because for me such a market will certainly provide many advantages for traders although indeed, this kind of character would be very difficult if it was expected to become a currency so it has been difficult for bitcoin so far.

Tbh, it will never leave. Why? Bitcoin is a variable, cryptos are variable. They play at a market, where rates are undeniably changing every now and then.
If cryptos, Volatility stay, then what are we supposed to do? We Buy and sell our cryptos, in same price? How can we earn or profit it with it?

Market works in cycle and no system is perfect from the beginning, it develops in stages. Each cycle brings new big points. A lot of things bring about volatility. Security breaches cause volatility.
Bitcoin can become volatile when the bitcoin community exposes security vulnerabilities in an effort to produce massive open source responses in the form of security fixes.

Bad news hurts adoption rate. News events that scare bitcoin users include geopolitical events and statements by governments that bitcoin is likely to be regulated, etc. On the upside, any statement recognizing butcoin has a positive effect on the market valuation of bitcoin. 

In summary, with gradual adoption of by big corporations firms, governments and others, volatility will gradually reduce.