Bitcoin Volatility Falls to 36% as VIX, MOVE and Gold Fear Gauges Hit Multi-Month Lows
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Updated · CoinDesk · Aug 14
Bitcoin Volatility Falls to 36% as VIX, MOVE and Gold Fear Gauges Hit Multi-Month Lows
3 articles · Updated · CoinDesk · Aug 14
Summary
Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility index has slid back to a 2026 low near 36%, undoing this week’s brief rise toward 38%, with ether showing a similar retreat.
VIX has dropped to its lowest since January and the Treasury-market MOVE index is hovering near the bottom of its 66%-84% multi-month range, signaling calm across stocks and bonds as well as crypto.
Benign U.S. inflation data helped suppress expectations of a near-term Fed rate increase, offsetting worries over U.S.-Iran escalation, rising sovereign debt and higher Treasury yields.
Gold and oil volatility gauges are also falling, leaving markets broadly complacent; that synchronized calm can be read either as efficient pricing of risks or, for contrarians, a warning to brace for a sharper shock.