New Research Shows Why The Bitcoin Price May Skyrocket Later This Year

Story by: Kyle Torpey 

A chart included in SFOX's research note shows bitcoin's sharp price rise after Thanksgiving in 2017.

A chart included in SFOX’s research note shows bitcoin’s sharp price rise after Thanksgiving in 2017.

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A new research note from crypto prime dealer SFOX indicates there may be a correlation between the bitcoin price and holidays, at least during pronounced bull runs. The note from the SFOX research team points to 2017’s massive rally in the crypto asset market around Thanksgiving and Christmas in the United States and a more recent price increase during China’s Spring Festival this year as two examples of this phenomenon.

According to the research note, the main theory behind the reasoning for the holidays’ effect on the bitcoin price has to do with FOMO (fear of missing out).

“Part of the narrative surrounding this unprecedented bull run [in late 2017] was that many people were hearing about Bitcoin for the first time: over Thanksgiving dinner, the story goes, Luddites in the family would ask the more tech-savvy among them about this ‘Bitcoin’ they’d seen in mainstream news — and how could they purchase some ‘Bitcoin coins’ for themselves?” says the note.

Bitcoin Price FOMO in Late 2017 and Early 2019

During the time from November 12, 2017 to December 17, 2017, the bitcoin price increased from $6,030.53 to $19,205.93. The vast majority of this growth in the bitcoin price came after the Thanksgiving holiday. Brief recoveries in the bitcoin price were also seen in the days after Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

As a recent report from Delphi Digital pointed out, this sort of theoretical retail investment interest is still the main driver of the bitcoin price in 2019. Notably, Delphi Digital also released a bullish report regarding the bitcoin price prior to this most recent bull run.

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