{"id":423849,"date":"2020-05-14T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=423849"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:48:43","slug":"bitcoin-downplays-sp-500-correlation-hits-9-7k-as-gold-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-downplays-sp-500-correlation-hits-9-7k-as-gold-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Downplays S&P 500 Correlation, Hits $9.7K as Gold Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin extended gains a day after downplaying its positive correlation with the U.S. stock market.<\/p>\n
The top cryptocurrency jumped 4.28 percent to $9,705 ahead of London opening bell. Its move uphill came as a part of a more extensive upside correction from its May lows near $8,100<\/a>, fuelled further on Wednesday by the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech.<\/p>\n Bitcoin brought about $10 billion to its market capitalization as Mr. Powell painted a grim economic outlook<\/a> caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Fed chair said economies are underperforming that could amount to another stimulus atop an existing $3 trillion financial aid.<\/p>\n Traders took the news as a signal for a short-term upside in the Bitcoin market. The cryptocurrency rose by about $500 on Wednesday, giving no signs of easing heading into the current session.<\/p>\n On the other hand, Wall Street indices reacted negatively to Mr. Powell’s speech, with the S&P 500 closing Wednesday lower<\/a> by 1.7 percent to 2,820 points. The U.S. benchmark index had formed a positive correlation with Bitcoin after plunging in sync in March 2020.<\/p>\n Mati Greenspan, a veteran analyst and the founder of Quantum Economics, stated<\/a> the two markets could resume their correlation anytime. He noted that bitcoin decoupled itself from other markets as it prepared to undergo a major technical upgrade on May 11. The “halvening” changed the cryptocurrency’s dynamics for the near-term.<\/p>\n “Since that event, the orange coin is up 8 percent, while the U.S. stock market is down 4 percent,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe gave a different outlook. The prominent crypto trader tweeted Thursday that the correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500<\/a> grew under the influence of a global market crash. But now, the cryptocurrency was tailing risk-off assets, such as Gold and Silver, more than it tailed the U.S. stock market.<\/p>\nS&P 500<\/h2>\n