Bitcoin remains correlated to the equity market amid the ongoing financial crisis

Amid the current financial crisis, bitcoin has yet to prove itself to be the “safe-haven” asset that many claim it to be. In fact, research by The Block shows that bitcoin has been relatively correlated to the equity market.

The correlation between bitcoin and the S&P 500 index started out negative at the beginning of the year. Going into March, however, it entered into the positive range and reached a high of 0.32. The contract between the negative correlation in Jan. and the positive one in March. – both statistically significant – shows an interesting development. 

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“The correlation can disappear just as quickly as it showed up,” said The Block researcher Larry Cermak. “But there is no indication of that as of yet.”

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