Is bitcoin correlated to the stock market?

Bitcoin’s movements are now mirroring those of U.S. stocks to an unprecedented degree. A 40-day correlation coefficient for the digital token and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has reached almost 0.66 — the most in data compiled by Bloomberg since 2010 — while a similar correlation with the S&P 500 is at a record too.

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Why has Bitcoin gone down?

Part of the reason behind this sharp decline in the value of Bitcoin is down to policy changes from the US Federal Reserve , as its chair, Jerome Powell, declared last December that the monthly rate at which it reduces asset purchases would be doubled by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

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