Still, after
accounting for the possibilities of some specific equities experiencing a disproportionate share of mini flash
crashes, and variations in trading activity creating more opportunities for mini flash
crashes to occur, the evidence continues to suggest that an abnormal level of instability could have been detected in the U.S. equity
market during the test window on October 15, 2014.
According to historic data, which
accounts for total search volumes, «buy bitcoin» is now three times more popular than «buy gold» was even
during the 2008 - 09
market crash - when consumers feared for the safety of their cash.