Bitcoin Shows Near-Zero Correlation With U.S. 10-Year Yields Despite Volatility Surge: how 14 outlets framed it

Yields and Bitcoin’s link

Bitcoin has shown little consistent correlation with rising government bond yields over longer windows, with CoinDesk citing a 90-day correlation of −0.18 between bitcoin’s daily returns and the U.S. 10-year yield’s daily moves.

CoinDesk also pointed to longer windows, including a 180-day correlation of −0.06 and a 1-year figure of −0.03, as rising yields alone are not necessarily bearish for bitcoin.

A 21 percent surge in Treasury market volatility helped push bitcoin from $87,200 to $83,500 on Wednesday, while continued turbulence could trigger further losses.

Bitget Wallet research lead Lacie Zhang told CoinDesk that “Bitcoin’s near-zero correlation with U.S. Treasury yields is a genuine portfolio advantage.”

Short-term volatility hits

CoinDesk tied bitcoin’s pullback to bond market volatility, saying the MOVE Index surged 21% to 95 points on Wednesday, its highest level since April 1. CoinDesk said that bond volatility can tighten financial conditions, make credit more expensive, and trigger broader risk aversion, even when bitcoin is broadly uncorrelated to yields.

Proactive financial news said bitcoin retreated below US$85,000 and was “down roughly 3% over 24 hours” after reaching an intraday high above US$87,000. Proactive financial news said the latest selling coincided with another rise in US Treasury yields and that the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield had climbed to its highest level since 2007 as markets priced in the possibility of another US Federal Reserve interest rate increase.