{"id":400172,"date":"2019-10-01T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=400172"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:30:38","slug":"bitcoin-climbs-back-amidst-gains-on-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-climbs-back-amidst-gains-on-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Climbs Back amidst Gains on Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin eked out modest gains on Tuesday in tandem with similar moves on Wall Street.<\/p>\n

The benchmark cryptocurrency surged by 0.5 percent to $8,349.97 as of 1141 UTC. The move upside brought its net week-to-date gains up by circa 8.5 percent, as measured from the session low of $7,701. The two-day winning streak also influenced other cryptocurrencies, with Ethereum recording about 7.2 percent and XRP about 6.9 percent gains around the same time.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin recovers part of its gains after dropping below $8,000 during weekend | Image credits: TradingView.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bitcoin Beats Gold (Intraday)<\/h2>\n

The profits came on the day when a broader stock market index inched up its year-to-date gains towards 19 percent \u2013 its best since 1997. US benchmark S&P 500 index, in particular, ticked higher to 2976.74 on Monday, driven by Apple, which closed at its peak level this year. Meanwhile, both bonds and commodities noted intraday downside corrections, with Gold slipping 0.27 percent and US 10-year yield up by 3.27 percent on the day.<\/p>\n

The session-to-session price movements brought bitcoin in the category of risk-on assets like equities. That validated what Thomas Lee of Fundstat said last week. The Fundstrat co-founder noted that bitcoin would not rise unless the S&P 500 index establishes new highs.<\/p>\n

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The downturn in #bitcoin<\/a> followed the risk-off selloff in #equities<\/a>. <\/p>\n

– reinforces our \u2018unpopular\u2019 opinion bitcoin does not do well in a \u2018trendless macro\u2019 environment. <\/p>\n

– New highs needed in S&P 500 before $BTC<\/a> can blast off. <\/p>\n

Why? We think crypto is retail and thus, risk on https:\/\/t.co\/y5Yo5NepPz<\/a><\/p>\n

— Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com (@fundstrat) September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n