- BTC has recovered by 2.21% over the past 24 hours.
- As market volatility persists, Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio continue to decline.
Over the past 48 hours, Bitcoin [BTC] has made a significant recovery, rising from a low of $76k to $84k. Despite these gains, Bitcoin’s risk-adjusted returns continued to deteriorate, per AMBCrypto’s look at Alphractal.
As such, over the past year, Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio has shown significant signs of weakness, suggesting the rising risk per unit of returns. This reflects less efficient gains and greater market instability.
Source: Alphractal
Although BTC saw significant gains over the past months, price fluctuations have intensified, thus reducing the efficiency of returns relative to the risk taken.
This decline may arise from the macroeconomic uncertainty where external factors such as monetary policies, and global liquidity shifts have increased perceived risk.
Also, despite the recent price surge, gains are becoming more volatile and uncertain—a warning sign for potential periods of market instability or price corrections.
The perceived market instability has left investors bearish as they sell to avoid potential losses.
Source: Checkonchain
This behavior has become widespread from both short-term and long-term holders. We can see this as the long-term holder’s net position change has remained negative for a sustained period of time.
This means that during the market instability, LTHs have capitulated as some fear market uncertainty.
Thus, the prevailing market conditions have resulted in higher pressure on the ratio as Bitcoin experiences more sell-side pressure.
Historically, extreme volatility results in lower profitability for both short-term and long-term holders.
Source: CryptoQuant
However, the recent drop in the MVRV Ratio offers some signs of hope. Bitcoin’s MVRV below 2 signals a market bottom where buyers start re-entering the market, leading to a potential rebound.
Lower profitability reduces the likelihood of selling.
Impact on BTC?
As observed above, Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio has been declining since March 2024. Thus, even during cycles where BTC reached multiple new-all time highs, the ratio was experiencing significant pressure.
In that sense, if macroeconomic factors cool down, reducing volatility we could see BTC prices recover. If it happens so, BTC can reclaim $86k. However, if fluctuations continue, Bitcoin could drop to $81557.
