While notoriety has catapulted the first digital currency to all-time highs, the primary headwind for the crypto coin is its frequent volatility, which was on full display in early 2022, when prices fell by more than 50 percent. Market uncertainty continued to weigh heavily on the world’s first exclusively digital currency during the second quarter of 2022, sending values below US$20,000 for the first time since December 2020.Prices for bitcoin continued to decline through the beginning of September to remain rangebound at US$19,000. Despite this significant price drop, bitcoin's powerful performance and future potential cannot be understated. Gold, the closest comparable asset to cryptocurrencies, has risen just 627 percent over the last 100 years, from US$283 in January 1921 to US$2,060 in August 2020.