Hello and thanks Hive account@theminimalists . Are you able to do some research and give us an idea of what percentage of bitcoin trading is already being done by trading robots? The answer may be hard to find; but the question will become more and more important as Big Boys (traders) enter the space.

Second, this volatility points to a deep problem in the crypto space -- inadequate liquidity. With suitably large ranks of bidders and offerors doing the trading, you could easily absorb large volume spikes without whipping the price up and down by 10%+ in a a few hours.

Pension fund managers and custodians of mutual funds responsible for millions of dollars of "mom and pop" money are not going to be interested here until the volatility dies down to more decent levels, IMHO.