Will crypto perform well during a recession?

There is only a limited amount of historical information available regarding how crypto performs during a recession, but there is some. Using that data and applying more hypothetical analysis points to several reasons why crypto could perform well during the next recession.

Is there a silver lining for cryptocurrencies during a recession?

It's abundantly clear that during periods of slowing economic growth cryptocurrencies are not spared. In fact, they're often hit the hardest. When recession fears arise, it isn't uncommon for cryptocurrencies to lose three-quarters of their value during these times. But in the midst of these periods, there is a silver lining.

Will bitcoin go into a recession?

The prospects of Bitcoin will be very different depending on whether it goes into the next recession in buoyant mood, trading at $60,000 and near the all-time highs, or at the much lower price levels it crashed to in the first half of 2022.

What happened to the crypto asset class in 2018?

The S&P 500 also posted its first negative year since the Great Recession in 2015. During this time, the crypto asset class was utterly pummeled. The collective market cap of all cryptocurrencies fell by nearly 70% from the beginning of 2014 before hitting a low in mid-2015. Another period of recent economic instability came in 2018.