New Study Says BTC Outperformed Both S&P 500 and Nasdaq in September – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

Despite seeing a 3.11% drop in value in September, bitcoin still outperformed both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, the latest Cryptocompare report has shown. Ethereum, on the other hand, was named “the worst performer after the long-awaited Merge proved to be a ‘buy the rumour, sell the news’ event.” Increased tether and U.S. dollar trade volumes for bitcoin are said to suggest panicking investors were dumping depreciating currencies in favor of the cryptocurrency.

Ethereum Sees ‘Biggest Decline’

According to the latest Cryptocompare report, bitcoin, which saw a negative return of 3.11% in September, still outperformed “both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq which saw negative returns of 9.34% and 10.5% respectively.” Only Solana — the cryptocurrency among the tracked four that saw a positive monthly return of 5.59% — and gold (2.87%) had better risk-adjusted returns than bitcoin.

New Study Says BTC Outperformed Both S&P 500 and Nasdaq in September

Ethereum, on the other hand, is identified in the report as “the worst performer [among four tracked cryptocurrencies], after the long-awaited Merge proved to be a ‘buy the rumour, sell the news’ event.”

To support this assertion, the report points to the crypto asset’s contrasting fortunes in August and September. After seeing its best risk-adjusted returns in August, ETH still went on to have “the biggest decline” in September, the same month the Ethereum blockchain was switched to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.

Traders dumped Fiat, and piled it into BTC

In terms of the different assets’ volatilities, the report said bitcoin was the “least volatile asset and the most dominant” among four cryptocurrencies that were tracked in the month of September.

Explaining the study’s crypto market volatility findings, the report states:

In September, volatility across the cryptocurrency markets experienced a slight rise due to the instability of the macro environment and interest rate spikes. SOL and ETH remained volatile with a 30 day volatility of 82.6%, and 80.0% respectively. Bitcoin’s volatility rose 19.2% in September breaking a declining trend that started in June.

Meanwhile, the findings of Cryptocompare’s examination of both USDT and U.S. dollar traded volumes suggest that panicking investors were dumping depreciating currencies in favor of BTC. In September alone, traded volumes in tether and the greenback went up “by 15.4% and 15.1% respectively.”

New Study Says BTC Outperformed Both S&P 500 and Nasdaq in September

According to the report, this could mean “market participants are piling into BTC following recent volatility in fiat currencies, including the British pound and Japanese yen.”

In contrast, USDT volumes for ETH during the same “saw a big drop of 49.4%,” while SOL saw “a noticeable rise of 10.5% in USDT volumes in September.” ADA and SOL both saw declines in USD volumes.

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Terence Zimwara

Terence Zimwara was a Zimbabwe award-winning journalist and author. He is a prolific writer on the economic woes of African countries, as well as digital currencies that can be used to provide an escape path for Africans.







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