The Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) price is down 1.7% over the past 24 hours. One Bitcoin is currently worth US$54,852 (AU$71,236).
The world's biggest crypto, with a market capitalisation of US$1.02 trillion, continues to display high volatility. According to data from CoinDesk, the Bitcoin price traded at a 24-hour low of US$52,987 and a 24-hour high of US$56,662, a range of almost 7%.
Though well down from mid-April's all-time high of US$64,829, Bitcoin remains up 88% year to date.
59% of surveyed ASX traders bullish on cryptocurrencies
While the upward trending Bitcoin price continues to garner the majority of financial media headlines, ASX investors aren't limiting themselves to a single cryptocurrency.
Global investment and trading platform TradingView surveyed 2,134 Australian traders from its user base in February. Participants were asked what types of investment assets they were looking for in the year ahead.
Cryptocurrencies came in at number 2, just below shares. Furthermore, 54% of experienced traders (with more than 5 years in the markets) listed cryptocurrencies among their top 3 investment interests, while 65% of newer traders (with 1–5 years of experience) were bullish on cryptos.
Commenting on the survey results, Glenn Leese, director of growth for Australia at TradingView said:
The popularity of cryptocurrency appears to be moving ahead of most traditional asset classes. This seems to be true of both new and experienced investors. In fact, crypto is more popular than any other asset class among those that have been trading for less than 5 years.
Beyond general awareness, there is a key difference between the current crypto rush/momentum and previous ones in that it is not led by mum and dad investors, but rather by more sophisticated investors, institutions and corporates.
It's not just Bitcoin driving ASX investor interest
TradingView noted that Bitcoin is far from the only digital token attracting investor attention, with altcoins getting increased attention on its platform.
Bitcoin represented 20% of the total views among the top 30 cryptocurrencies and only 9% of all cryptocurrency views on TradingView.
After Bitcoin, Ether and Ripple were the most widely viewed cryptocurrencies on the TradingView platform.
