As former President Donald Trump's odds of victory on prediction markets have slipped following a spate of positive polling results for Democrats, even falling briefly below Vice President Kamala Harris' odds of victory on US-regulated market Kalshi, Bitcoin's price has fallen and volatility has widely increased. Forward volatility for $BTC and $ETH spiked overnight, with Bitcoin's volatility now sitting at 80.30%, up from 72.20%, and Ethereum's at 82.92%, up from 75.40%, according to an analysis from Derive.xyz (formerly Lyra) founder Nick Forster. The price of Bitcoin had fallen from a recent high of about $72,600 on Oct. 31 to a low of about $67,500, a 7% drop, before recovering slightly to its current price of about $68,600 at time of publishing, according to The Block's Bitcoin Price Page. If Bitcoin were to hold steady at this price, Forster's analysis projects a 68% chance of the world's largest cryptocurrency rising as high as $75,400 or as low as $62,500 following the election. What's more, Forster predicted a 5% chance of Bitcoin dropping below $57,000 or rising above $83,000 due to the increased forward volatility. Ethereum, which has seen a similar -9.2% drop in price since its value on Oct. 30 to its current value of about $2,450, has a 66% chance of rising as high as $2,700 or falling as low as $2,222, according to Forster's analysis, a slightly wider range than that of Bitcoin. The 5% likelihood case sees the price falling below $2,000 or rising above $2,975. A Standard Chartered analyst also recently predicted high volatility in crypto prices surrounding the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday.
As former President Donald Trump's odds of victory on prediction markets have slipped following a spate of positive polling results for Democrats, even falling briefly below Vice President Kamala Harris' odds of victory on US-regulated market Kalshi, Bitcoin's price has fallen and volatility has widely increased. Forward volatility for BTC and ETH spiked overnight, with Bitcoin's volatility now sitting at 80.30%, up from 72.20%, and Ethereum's at 82.92%, up from 75.40%, according to an analysis from Derive.xyz (formerly Lyra) founder Nick Forster. The price of Bitcoin had fallen from a recent high of about $72,600 on Oct. 31 to a low of about $67,500, a 7% drop, before recovering slightly to its current price of about $68,600 at time of publishing, according to The Block's Bitcoin Price Page. If Bitcoin were to hold steady at this price, Forster's analysis projects a 68% chance of the world's largest cryptocurrency rising as high as $75,400 or as low as $62,500 following the election. What's more, Forster predicted a 5% chance of Bitcoin dropping below $57,000 or rising above $83,000 due to the increased forward volatility. Ethereum, which has seen a similar -9.2% drop in price since its value on Oct. 30 to its current value of about $2,450, has a 66% chance of rising as high as $2,700 or falling as low as $2,222, according to Forster's analysis, a slightly wider range than that of Bitcoin. The 5% likelihood case sees the price falling below $2,000 or rising above $2,975. A Standard Chartered analyst also recently predicted high volatility in crypto prices surrounding the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday.