Digital Assets Weekly: June 16th 2020
Market Analysis
Following a brief dip below $9,000 on Monday, Bitcoin rallied in line with other major markets to close the day at $9,450.
Bitcoin remains firmly ahead of gold as the best performing asset class on a YTD basis.
Bitcoin led all other major crypto assets over the past week by 2% - 3%.
FS Crypto FX 250 was the best performing index last week, finishing the week down 1.2%. All other size-based indices lagged Bitcoin.
The table below shows the returns of the largest assets and the FS Size Indexes over the year.
Fundamental Valuations
Bitcoin’s P/CMR valuation stood at 9.4x as of 6/15 vs 9.8x as of last week. This value remains slightly below the levels from Mar-19 through present.
Bitcoin’s market cap to realized value (MV/RV) multiple was 1.6x as of 6/2 vs 1.7x last week.
The comp table for major crypto asset prices and fundamental valuations is shown below.
Valuation Methodology
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