05 May Is 2020 The New 2017? Bitcoin Could Be This Year’s Best Performing Asset
Bitcoin exploded onto the global stage in 2017 with a massive rally that made many early adopters overnight millionaires.
The bitcoin price, which is up around 5% so far in 2020 after a rocky few weeks following the coronavirus crash, has swung wildly over the last year—down around 50% from its 2019 high.
Now, as traders eye the biggest quantitative easing program ever undertaken, bitcoin could outperform the wider market in 2020 with investors scrambling to keep up with a rapidly evolving and uncertain situation.
“Economists are dealing with three levels of uncertainty,” UBS chief economist Paul Donovan wrote in his daily update.
“Uncertainty about the virus. Uncertainty…