I once attended a conference, where some very clever ex-wall street traders explained a few different strategies and this was one topic that came up. Traders love volatility because they are able to make big profits from "betting" on how a certain stock will perform and if the market is quiet they do not earn as much. Crypto is very volatile when compared to the regular stock market, which would take a rare occurrence for it to double in the space of a year, but somewhat comparable if you compared individual cryptocurrencies against individual companies - there is always a growth story happening somewhere. However you need to be aware that companies in the stock market are actually producing tangible goods or services, which makes a profit, which gives their shares inherent value, which is not the same for crypto.
the inherent value of a company(based on produce and wholesale/manufactured cost vs sales). sets that value
however a "market valuation" is not based on the inherent value. a "market valuation" has many other things thrown at it to INFLATE it
listen to shows like sharktank when the investment seekers say "their revenue x3"
fiat shares valuation is a number where investors want to buy in at "x% undervalued" with the presumption that the share price they buy in at will reach the 'market valuation' in the 3x timescale
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however bitcoin also has value.. its a baseline everyone refuses to sell below because the cheapest place on planet to mine is x so no one wants to sell at a loss below X
bitcoins value sits below the market price
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remember because fiat is inflationary and bitcoin is deflationary.. the way you view "valuations" is different
remember market valuations mean different things to a assets inherent value
remember bitcoin does have real world resources and costs backing it up(PoW). (however PoS crap coins dont)
i never "value" things based on 'market cap' or 'market valuation'
i prefer to value companies and assets differently
if i looked at a company and seen their wholesale to retail margin is 50%
i then take their sales and minus 50% to get to a figure of underlying cost. if the company was to get into trouble and needed to do a "price crash" sale of selling goods at cost. well that would be the baseline value. the liquidation amount
with bitcoin i dont look at market price of market cap. i look at cheapest mining on the planet to acquire bitcoin. and thats its value