Notes: This figure plots weekly averages of log price and log network size (log of unique active addresses) of Bitcoin and Ethereum over the period from August 2015 to January 2019. We normalise both the time series by subtracting their mean and dividing by their standard deviation.
"Nevertheless, with central banks likely to begin raising rates and tapering its stimulus package, investors are looking for a store of value that is perhaps less susceptible to these changes.

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