Bitcoin traders and investors have been nervously eyeing markets over recent days, with uncertainty on the rise after bitcoin decoupled from the stock market last week.

The bitcoin price, up a staggering 50% on the last six months, looks set to close out 2020 as one of the year’s best performing assets. Bitcoin spiked to just over $14,000 per bitcoin late last month for the first time since the great 2017 bitcoin bubble popped in January 2018.