Despite its 70% Price Drop, Bitcoin Surpassed Gold in Settlement Volume


Nic Carter, is a highly respected cryptocurrency researcher. He recently stated that Bitcoin has eventually surpassed the OTC gold market most especially in terms of settlement volumes, undermining the 70 percent fall in its price.
In accordance to the clearing statistics of the London bullion market (LBMA), about five major clearing members of the LPMCL which includes HSBC, ICBC Standard Bank, Scotiabank, JP Morgan, and UBS, the global gold over-the-counter (OTC) market is now on track to settle about $446 billion in 2018, after it had settled just less than $30 billion on a monthly basis ever since January.
Carter explained:

“I’m conservatively estimating the London OTC market for gold, overseen by the LBMA, at 70% of global volumes. They publish clearing statistics. With these I can estimate the total net volume of regulated gold settlement at $446b for 2018 (based on 6 months of data). Conservatively, (adjusted estimates), Bitcoin has settled about $848b this year, and it is on it way to settle about $1.38T. Currently, Bitcoin has quietly surpassed the OTC gold market most especially in terms of settlement volumes.”
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