28 Apr Bitcoin’s Correlation with S&P 500 at 9-Year High
Crypto analyst Mati Greenspan won the title of “father of the year” from the two hosts of Virtual Blockchain Week as he tended to his child while delivering a presentation to the virtual conference’s attendees. Greenspan explained that Bitcoin and legacy assets were more closely correlated than you might think in the wake of COVID-19.
Resplendent in a sharp bowtie, the founder of Quantum Economics displayed the following graph “that shows what’s happening in crypto.” The following chart represents Bitcoin’s correlation with the S&P 500 on a range of 1 (perfect correlation) to -1 (inverse correlation). For crypto enthusiasts hoping for a positive outlook on Bitcoin (BTC), Greenspan admitted “most of you are not going to like what I have to say.”
BTC correlation with SP500. Screenshot from Virtual Blockchain Week
According to the data Greenspan compiled from Coinmetrics, BTC and the S&P 500 currently have a correlation of roughly 0.6. This is the highest correlation…