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Apr 02, 2020

BRR sees record volumes as Bitcoin falls 24.6% in March

  • BRR sees record monthly volumes of 103,765 XBT traded in March, more than double February
  • Over 14,000 XBT were  traded  on March 13th - Black Friday
  • Bitcoin ends the month 24.6% lower, after recovering towards the second half, losses stood at 41% on March 16th
  • Rolling 24hr volatility of the CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index reached 70% on March 13th 0305 UTC https://twitter.com/CFBenchmarks/status/1238477558401904640

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