(Change against US $ at 12 December 2015 against rates one year ago)
- Bitcoin (XBT) +21%
- Israeli Shekel (ILS) +2%
- US Dollar (USD)
- Swiss Franc (CHF) -2%
- Japanese Yen (JPY) – 2%
Bottom 5 weakest currencies in 2015
- Venezuelan Bolivar (Black market rate) -78%
- Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH) -34%
- Brazilian Real (BRL) -33%
- South African Rand (ZAR) -31%
- Colombian Peso (COP) -28%
The FX markets in 2015 have been defined by the De-Risking phenomenon: investors have fled from risk into the main hard currencies, namely XBT(Bitcoin), USD, CHF and JPY. They have retreated from VEF, UAH, BRL, ZAR, COP, RUB.
XAU (Gold) weakened somewhat, a signal perhaps that it is losing its safe haven status.
Bitcoin (XBT)
Note that the money used in the world’s freest financial system — Bitcoin — has appreciated the most, and the money used in the world’s most Socialist and regulated economy — Venezuela — has lost the most value.
Bitcoin was also the world’s strongest currency in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. (But in 2014 it was the world’s worst performing currency.)
Source: https://medium.com/@BambouClub/best-and-worst-performing-currencies-in-2015-d1e62088bc29#.a93tw9fh9
