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Binance, one of the worldâs most popular and largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has released a report investigating price correlations between major cryptocurrencies. The report comes specifically from Binance Research, the exchangeâs market analysis team.Â
The research report, titled âAre Cryptoassets Highly Correlated?: An exploration of relationships between Bitcoin and other large cap digital assets,â was published on March 20. It reveals that there are other elements that potentially influence the correlation between digital currencies and cryptoassets, which tend to move in tandem. (Namely, where Bitcoin goes, the altcoins follow.)
Some of the key takeaways of the report include the ideas that the Bitcoin (BTC) is indeed âthe bellwether of the industry,â a fact further proven by the high correlation between market capitalizations for the top 30 cryptocurrencies over the past three months. However, BTC returns for major cryptocurrencies experienced lower correlations than USD-denominated returns over the same timeframe.
BTC-correlated returns were significantly lower than in late 2017, but USD-correlated returns increased. This phenomenon is largely due to the increased focus on stablecoins in the cryptocurrency market, with many traders tethering to Tether (USDT) or other stablecoins while trading instead of using Bitcoin as a base.
Major news and developmental announcements have unsurprisingly been found to influence specific coinsâ prices, and Binance has confirmed what it calls the âBinance Effect,â which means that âdigital assets listed on Binance oftentimes have higher correlations among themselves.â
Finally, the last key takeaway is that a cryptocurrencyâs specific consensus mechanism may affect the correlation between returns.
Overall, the exchangeâs research wing provides nothing particularly groundbreaking or mindblowing with its research, but it confirms many interesting facts that cryptocurrency industry enthusiasts have speculated about over recent months.
What do you think of Binance Researchâs report about cryptoasset correlation? Did you find anything particularly surprising, or did you already know all of this information? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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