Bitcoin's Rollercoaster: Volatility Hits 20-Month Peak as Traders Brace for Downturn

Bitcoin's volatility has soared to a 20-month peak, prompting traders to brace for a potential market downturn amidst rising uncertainty.

Best Buying Opportunity of 2024

Futures traders are predicting that Bitcoin's price would fall much more after a key volatility indicator hit its highest level in 20 months following Bitcoin's fall below $50,000.

Yoddha, an anonymous cryptocurrency trader, has speculated that this would be "the best buying opportunity of 2024."

On August 5, Bitcoin's price suddenly dropped to $49,813 according to CoinMarketCap statistics, and the same day, the Bitcoin Volmex Implied Volatility Index reached 97.14.

This is the highest it has been since the bankruptcy of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in November 2022.

Even though Bitcoin has made a full recovery from its publishing price of $56,676, futures traders are still pessimistic about the cryptocurrency's potential for further declines.

Traders Hedge Against Further Downside

"Traders are aggressively buying puts and put spreads on both BTC and ETH to protect their positions from further downside," said Ed Hindi, chief investment officer at Tyr Capital, spoke to Cointelegraph.

The demand for Bitcoin's put (sell) options relative to its call (buy) options is measured by the put-to-call volume ratio. The current put-to-call ratio is 1.13 according on the data from CoinGlass, which shows that there have been 46.94% calls and 53.06% puts during the past 24 hours.

"Put skew is extremely well bid. This may be a sign that the market is overextended," Hindu concluded.

Hindi thinks there might be more bad news, but he doesn't think it would "breach" $45,000.

The distance from the finish of the JPY carry trade unwind will determine whether we trade down there or not. Claiming to be near the end, he made the assertion.

However, another indicator, the volume of Bitcoin options, fell by 39.73% in the past 24 hours on August 6, suggesting that potential traders are uncertain about the future of Bitcoin's price.

Investors Anticipate Price Stability

But some investors don't see a long slump in the market. For some, price stability or perhaps a quick rebound is in the cards.

An anonymous cryptocurrency dealer named RektProof posted on August 6th:

Founder of Bitgrow Lab, Vivek Sen, also mentioned:

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