Bitcoin is capping a brutal week, trading around $60,400 after a nearly 5% daily drop and over 17% weekly decline. This marks the first sustained trade below $60k since September 2024 and a more than 50% drawdown from the $126k all-time high reached in September/October 2025. The immediate catalyst was a stronger-than-expected May jobs report that pushed Treasury yields higher, pressuring risk assets broadly. This was amplified by Strategy’s sale of a portion of its Bitcoin treasury, which triggered hundreds of millions in liquidations and sentiment collapse.
The move highlights growing fragility. Speculative capital has rotated aggressively into AI stocks and memory chips (notably in Korea), with looming “monster IPOs” expected to siphon retail flows. Meanwhile, the key legislative catalyst—the Clarity Act for crypto market structure—has slipped down the priority list amid divided lawmakers. Geopolitical uncertainty around Iran has failed to provide the anticipated safe-haven bid, further undermining the “digital gold” thesis.
Notably, the 30-day correlation between Bitcoin and major equity indices (Nasdaq/S&P 500) has collapsed from near-perfect positive levels just weeks ago. Bitcoin is no longer moving in lockstep with the tech rally hitting fresh records. Privacy coin Zcash also plunged after an AI-assisted audit revealed a critical vulnerability enabling potential counterfeit minting, underscoring sector-wide technical and security risks.
Optimists, including Strive’s Matt Cole, view the price action as a classic buy-the-dip at the 200-week moving average—the fifth such touchpoint historically associated with strong rebounds. However, the structural drivers (macro tightening signals, capital competition, legislative delays, and narrative erosion) suggest this drawdown carries higher information content than prior cycles.
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