Bitcoin has given back gains from an early Thursday recovery, now trading at $83,344, down 1.23% since midnight UTC, with a bond selloff that pushed the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield to its highest since 2007 weighing on crypto for a second day.
The move has taken the whole market with it, ether is down 1.55%, XRP lost 2.87% while solana (SOL) is trading at $113.14 having lost 1.61%. While the smaller tokens led a slight recovery in the European morning, they are now suffering the hardest, with NEAR and HYPE down by 3.32% and 3.94% respectively.
The dollar index (DXY) added 0.13% to 101.24 – its highest level since July, while gold is down by 0.71% to $4,257 and U.S. equity futures trend lower again. S&P 500 futures lost 0.61% while Nasdaq 100 tumbled by more than 1%.
Derivatives positioning
- Taker flow stays bearish for a second day: Shorts made up over 52% of the 24-hour taker volume, which rose 10% to $250 billion even as open…
