BTC are traded on a much smaller scale and represent only a portion of the total cryptocurrency marketplace. With a limited supply predetermined to be a maximum of 21 million4), BTC is a miniscule market in comparison to the trillions included by the forex.
In terms of value, BTC has proven desirable to investors. For the year of 2017, BTC rose to more than US$4,000 apiece, with a total market cap valued at over US$70 billion.5) Daily BTC market turnover regularly exceeds US$1 billion.6)
In comparison, the least traded major currency on the forex, the Swiss franc, has an average daily turnover of US$243 billion.7)
Simply put, the relative size and value of the BTC market is microscopic in comparison to the forex.
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