In of the latest tweets, Vitalik Buterin compared the cryptocurrency market with the traditional one. He mentioned that cryptocurrency should have been as stocks, however, the result was completely different.
![Image source: Twitter @VitalikButerin](/image/800/0/4UQOeIZW7jhSsmscv9lloldoy7hd1MksWB1zLw3m.png)
Mainly, the volatility has increased since mid-March when both the stock market and the cryptocurrency one collapsed. The S&P 500 index has lost 35% of its share when the pandemic started.
![Image source: TradingView S&P 500](/image/800/0/Wo5lWLl7CTcwZbcUXoJY9I8Req85awHqzPWeyPmY.png)
In terms of the cryptocurrency one, it also sharply went down. The creation of Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin), Ethereum (ETH) decreased by 70% which confirms the direct correlation with the traditional market.
![Image source: TradingView ETH](/image/800/0/UmzOZYrFi8rdbfHAKMxcPlFSzJBaJ55zUWtDjtKs.png)