{"id":416478,"date":"2026-01-09T05:18:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/too-quiet-bitcoin-volatility-hits-record-low-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:12:01","slug":"too-quiet-bitcoin-volatility-hits-record-low-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/too-quiet-bitcoin-volatility-hits-record-low-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Quiet? Bitcoin Volatility Hits Record Low &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fidelity Digital Assets has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DigitalAssets\/status\/2009336526652440990\">noted<\/a> that Bitcoin&#8217;s volatility has plunged to the lowest level ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Realized volatility&#8221; measures how much an asset&#8217;s price fluctuates over a specific period (in this case, one year). A score of 42% is exceptionally low for Bitcoin, which has historically seen annual volatility exceeding 100% or even 200% in its early years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In plain words, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/u.today\/bitcoin-btc-price-analysis-for-january-8\">Bitcoin<\/a> is currently &#8220;boring.&#8221; This &#8220;uncharacteristic&#8221; calm suggests Bitcoin is losing its &#8220;casino&#8221; status. It is trading within a tighter range than usual, without the violent 20-30% daily swings that characterized previous cycles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitcoin\u2019s one-year realized volatility just hit an all-time low of 42%. Historically, these lows have preceded new all-time highs. With institutional demand maturing, the four-year cycle may be fading\u2014will 2026 mark a major shift for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bitcoin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bitcoin<\/a>? <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTJraOemAL\">pic.twitter.com\/kTJraOemAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fidelity Digital Assets (@DigitalAssets) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DigitalAssets\/status\/2009336526652440990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, it is worth noting that volatility tends to be cyclical in financial markets. It transitions from periods of high turbulence to low stability. A drop to 42% indicates extreme compression, which is comparable to a spring being coiled tight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__related\">\n<p>You Might Also Like<\/p>\n<div class=\"news__item\">\n<div class=\"news__item-img--wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>A new all-time high?<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/u.today\/fidelity\">Fidelity Digital Assets<\/a> has identified a rare and historically bullish signal: Bitcoin has become unusually stable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It illustrates a technical phenomenon where periods of all-time low (ATL) volatility (red bars) act as a precursor to all-time high (ATH) prices (green bars).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For instance, the low volatility of 2016 preceded the 2017 bull run to $20,000.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The chart shows a fresh cluster of red bars appearing right now. Fidelity\u2019s argument is that this current period of stability is a sign of accumulation that is building energy for a move to new highs. However, history might not necessarily repeat itself this time around.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bitcoin is currently trading at $90,789, struggling to recover from a recent drop. The cryptocurrency recently failed to surpass the $95,000 level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fidelity Digital Assets has noted that Bitcoin&#8217;s volatility has plunged to the lowest level ever.\u00a0 &#8220;Realized volatility&#8221; measures how much an asset&#8217;s price fluctuates over a specific period (in this case, one year). A score of 42% is exceptionally low for Bitcoin, which has historically seen annual volatility exceeding 100% or even 200% in its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-416478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416482,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416478\/revisions\/416482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}