Global Equity Sell-off Puts Strong Selling Pressure on Bitcoin, Ether

The strong sell-off in the global equity market has spilled over to the crypto market with Bitcoin, ethereum, and other altcoins coming under strong selling pressure. On Wednesday, July 24, Wall Street registered its worst trading day since 2022 as the technology stocks were under pressure and the AI boom seemed to be losing steam.

Global Equity Sell-off Put Pressure on Bitcoin

In the Asian trading hours on Tuesday, Bitcoin faces some selling pressure with its price dipping 2.5% to $64,252 with a market cap of $1.266 trillion. Ethereum faced even major blow crashing by 85 earlier today, a day after the spot Ethereum ETFs went live for trading in the market.

While BlackRock Ether ETF sees inflows for two consecutive days, more than $811 million have flown out of the Graysclae Ethereum ETF (ETHE) taking its AUM to under $8 billion. Benjamin Celermajer, co-chief investment officer at Magnet Capital told Bloomberg:

“It mainly seems that after a bad night for equities in the US, crypto like most asset classes is feeling a little bit of a flow-on effect in sentiment”.

It is clear that Ethereum has been facing sell-the-news pressure after the ETF approval, which could dry out quickly if the market sentiment allows.

On the other hand, Bitcoin has also shown major divergence with global stocks recently. The cryptocurrency has remained more or less resilient amid the uncertain outlook of the company’s earnings.

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The 30-day correlation coefficient between Bitcoin and the MSCI index of global shares has approached minus 0.20. This is an unusual development as the coefficient has remained largely positive since 2020. A coefficient of 1 indicates that the assets move in sync, while a reading of minus 1 suggests an inverse relationship.

Amid the strong demand for the US-based exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) for Bitcoin, the asset class has surged 51% since the beginning of the year. On the other hand, the MSCI global stock index has remained largely stable with 12% year-to-date gains. Besides, US lawmaker Senator Cynthia Lummis is keen on making BTC a US strategic reserve.

Asian Indices Slide

Apart from the US market, the Asian indices are also showing weakness amid a strong pullback in the artificial intelligence frenzy. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped by 1.5% as Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average is facing strong technical correction. Homin Lee, senior macro strategist at Lombard Odier Singapore Ltd. said:

“There seems to be a broad reassessment on the cost and benefit calculus for the artificial intelligence ecosystem. Anxieties about consumer demand also persist due to hints of softening data in the US. These worries could prove temporary in the end, but a collective reappraisal by investors is natural after such a furious rally.”

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