Why Bitcoin Is So Volatile

[Erza]

Its highly volatile due to its decentralized nature.

Its very normal and because of this volatility we can make good money. People are scared of this but if you are good trader you can surely be happy. Volatility is out everywhere, use to lived with it.

Yes, this is really true, many of them scare of the volatility because they scare to lose tons of money suddenly, and waiting is not really suit the traders as well, different from invest which is they only need to put their money and never bother it until the exact month or years to withdraw

Bitcoin as well as the cryptocurrencies market are not supported by any individual or organization and are operated by the market supply and demand for cryptocurrencies. So the impact of news from the press is inevitable, and it makes the exchange rate of Bitcoin fluctuate continuously, rarely at a stable level.

Are you for real? So who are going to support the market? And what do you think about this volatility? Market can be this huge fluctuative because of there is somone joining group or even huge company take control of the market

[3la9l_kolbaCa]

well i guess that's the biggest asset of bitcoin today, it is like the reason why bitcoin is now on the top of almost all currency  that uses in this world. it is volatile because no government manipulate the price and all people holds it.

[Finestream]

bitcoin is unstable because there is no regulator as soon as it appears and these movements have already begun we will see some stability , but my opinion this will not happen soon

Definitely bitcoin is so unstable ever since it is well known. People come and invest in bitcoin because they are more attracted on how bitcoin can be fluctuates. The reasons why it is volatile because of the demand were users can buy an sell btc.

Agreed.Since bitcoin has its decentralized nature,it is expected to fluctuate its price from time to time.I believe it's a matter of supply and demand.The more number of people buy bitcoin during dips,it is said that the demand will increase along with its price.While on the contrary,when a price correction occurs,there will be numerous holders of bitcoin sell their coins and eventually decreasing the demand making its price become lower.

[jinxing]

Unstable bitcoin can be caused by uneven demand. Prices will rise when demand is high and prices will be low when demand falls. The case of using Bitcoin volatility in these countries versus Bitcoin volatility in US dollars. Bitcoin is much more volatile

[di.ako.toh]

Bitcoins becomes known in its volatility, as it changes from its value and prices in the market. Due to people get in and out of the market their holded coins somehow affects its value in the market as it is called volatile.

[GREATLOVE]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2018/02/09/why-bitcoin-is-so-volatile/

Worth the reading.

Yes I agree bitcoin is volatile. You dont know what will happen in an hour for example this time btc is around $9500 then after 2 hours it will become $8500 just like that. The time of bitcoin today is so fast, so fast to low and so fast to up.

[adolf512]

Yes, Bitcoin is not stable, like all crypto-currencies, but it does not prevent people from believing in it and blockchain technology, while investing with a further prospect of making a profit.

[Dragon5]

Of course, objectively, bitcoin is volatile, but Bitcoin as an asset class is still only, give or take, $200 billion. Cryptocurrency as a whole, including bitcoin, is $600 billion. If you look at just one company, Apple, they're $900 billion. Bitcoin is less than a quarter of an Apple. It's only two Warren Buffetts.

[Altf4]

Of course, objectively, bitcoin is volatile, but Bitcoin as an asset class is still only, give or take, $200 billion. Cryptocurrency as a whole, including bitcoin, is $600 billion. If you look at just one company, Apple, they're $900 billion. Bitcoin is less than a quarter of an Apple. It's only two Warren Buffetts.

Bitcoin is so volatile ,as a cryptocurrency it part of economics all over the world and as a digital currency it will experience inflation and deflation of its value that is why bitcoin is very volatile.

[PatronRH]

The price of a currency depends on the demand and supply thing so if we have abog demand to a small supply the price goes and the other way arround. The problem of volatility is that bitcoin is so limited so any small change in the demand and supply will cause a change in the price.

[A!]

Bitcoin's value depends on some simple relation between demand and supply. Before some days many news about the ban on crypto were spending and so many people sold their crypto and lost trust in bitcoin so the demand of bitcoin e=was reduced and the price went down but people again are started gaining interest in bitcoin as they know that this is the future and can make them rich in the future so they are again investing and the price of bitcoin is rising now. It has reached 10K USD.

[msaiddi]

There are several reasons to define bitcoin (and also other cryptocurrencies) market as volatile such as absence of regulation, lack of a "fundamental price", manipulations etc. However, we MUST consider the hours of exchange availability in the cryptocurrency market. I've watched a video talking about this topic and it was very persuasive for me. To explain: cryptocurrency market is available 24/7 all around the world, on the other hand fx and stock exchanges have definite working hours. If you take hours into consideration, with a basic calculation, crypto-exchanges' 1 day is approximately equal to almost 3,5 days of regular stock exchanges (NYSE, TYO or LSE).

Recently, Dow Jones had plunged around 8% in just 3 days and it is an "index" not just a stock. Of course it was not a normal thing, it was a "crash", but there are not that few stocks in markets throughout the world (especially in less developed exchanges rather than NYSE etc.) which fluctuates as much as BTC and other cryptocurrencies when you make the math regarding the working hours.

I'm not saying that cryptomarket is not volatile. Sure, at some point, it will have to settle down between a price range and find an intrinsic value but the volatility we have now is not a tsunami for sure. It is an asset, looking for its value constantly.

P.S. the video I mentioned in this post is in Turkish language so I'm not posting it. But if anyone is interested, I can PM.

[yrreg ger]

The price of bitcoin is volatile because it depends on the supply and demand that produce by the user. And countries is the big producer to increase the volume and also to decrease. Most of this time the reason why bitcoin price is still so volatile because of countries who banned and invest in this cryptocurrency. In this kind of market we can't assured the time we make a profit.

[FAB_coin]

No solid valuation and there are too many factors that will vary the price like security (potential hack). Too many speculators and the market is purely psychological

[onemoretime8520]

I believe that the volatility is caused because it is so open for manipulation and speculation because it has not any regulation still and it is an open market. I don`t argue with the reason that it is lack of value based

[Jessica2009]

  According to my point of view Bitcoin price is so volatile due to its speculative nature volatile means not only value is growing up  but the price has to go down also the fluctuating nature of Bitcoin says that bitcoin  price is volatile. Bitcoin is a digital decentralized currency and it is an online internet based  currency and so its value may be fluctuating and not stable .  Some countries like Japan adopt Bitcoin as a friendly currency.

[seven2smoke1]

Bitcoin price is so volatile because of the sell/buy of it, It's not stable because of this reason, It's not like a real currency, It is used by all countries in the whole world. So don't expect that it will be stable, even news (good or bad) about cryptocurrencies can affect the price immediately.

[Klausi]

Bitcoin price is so volatile because of the sell/buy of it, It's not stable because of this reason, It's not like a real currency, It is used by all countries in the whole world. So don't expect that it will be stable, even news (good or bad) about cryptocurrencies can affect the price immediately.

Yes true, bitcoin is definitely unstable currency, its stability depends on the supply and demand. Its the amount of bitcoins available versus the number of people wanted to use them for exchanges or people who wanted to save them thinking that its price will be higher than today. But we all know that bitcoin as a digital currency is still very much new and still on its developing stage. There are a lot of problems and issues facing bitcoin today, however being stable is possible but not as early as now.

[LynielZbl]

I think that there's no actually exact reason of why bitcoin is volatile in the market. It really depend with the market demand. If what demand changes from time to time , the top market value is proportional with its demand. But even through it is volatile, you can still make profit of it. Just take the risk and thats what others do. As of now it is at the low value if we compare last december but if you can wait and learn how to hold on it, you can earn and that's the advantage of it.

[evilgreed]

Bitcoin price is so volatile because of the sell/buy of it, It's not stable because of this reason, It's not like a real currency, It is used by all countries in the whole world. So don't expect that it will be stable, even news (good or bad) about cryptocurrencies can affect the price immediately.

Yes true, bitcoin is definitely unstable currency, its stability depends on the supply and demand. Its the amount of bitcoins available versus the number of people wanted to use them for exchanges or people who wanted to save them thinking that its price will be higher than today. But we all know that bitcoin as a digital currency is still very much new and still on its developing stage. There are a lot of problems and issues facing bitcoin today, however being stable is possible but not as early as now.

                    Well i guess these needs to be talked over and over again, since there are plenty or tons of new users of cryptocurrency or should we say those interested and curious about bitcoin and other cryptos. Although this has been talked for almost several years until now, still we cannot deny the fact that more and more newbies and new people wants to learn crypto, and this is one of the most basic needs to be learned before entering crypto world.