S&P 500's Wild Ride Makes U.S. Stocks More Volatile Than Bitcoin

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Less than a year after Bitcoin whipsawed Wall Street with extreme price swings, the cryptocurrency is now less volatile than the S&P 500 Index.

Ten-day historical volatility for the U.S. equity benchmark is hovering around 27. That compares with 15.7 for Bitcoin, data compiled by Bloomberg show.