{"id":28800,"date":"2026-05-15T22:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/bitcoin-tumbles-below-79000-as-rising-bond-yields\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:32:34","slug":"bitcoin-tumbles-below-79000-as-rising-bond-yields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/bitcoin-tumbles-below-79000-as-rising-bond-yields\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin tumbles below $79,000 as rising bond yields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Bitcoin fell to $78,600 on May 15 as bond yields surged to a 12 month high, rattling risk markets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_8577d8d152f592464554b083115b817d\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bitcoin fell to $78,600, down roughly 4% from Thursday\u2019s $82,000 high, as bond yields hit their highest since May 2025.<\/li>\n<li>The 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.54% while Fed rate hike probability surpassed 44% according to CME FedWatch data.<\/li>\n<li>Crypto-linked equities including Coinbase, Circle and Strategy fell between 5% and 7% in the same session.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The US 10-year Treasury yield <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/DGS10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">surged <\/a>to 4.54% on May 15, its highest point since May 2025, after hotter than expected CPI and PPI data stoked fears of a Federal Reserve rate hike. The 30-year yield crossed 5% while the 2-year broke above 4%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inflation and yields hit crypto and equities<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin fell as low as $78,600, down roughly 4% from Thursday\u2019s $82,000 high, before stabilising slightly above $79,000. The selloff spread to equities, with the Nasdaq 100 opening 1.7% lower and the S&amp;P 500 falling 1.2%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 10Y Note Yield is now above 4.50% for the first time since June 2025,\u201d the Kobeissi Letter noted on X. \u201cRate hikes are now the base case for the Fed\u2019s expected next move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Crypto-linked equities were hit harder. Coinbase dropped nearly 6%, Circle fell 7.4% and Strategy slid 5.4%. Bitcoin miners MARA Holdings and Hut 8 each lost around 7%, while Cipher Mining fell nearly 9%.<\/p>\n<p>CME FedWatch showed more than 44% probability of a Fed rate hike by December, a sharp reversal from expectations of multiple rate cuts at the start of 2026. Gold fell 2.5% while oil rose 3%, crossing $100 per barrel as energy inflation compounded yield pressure.<\/p>\n<p>April CPI came in at 3.8% while PPI matched 2022 levels at 6%, according to official data. Futures traders who began 2026 pricing two or more Fed cuts now expect rates to stay elevated through at least the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin remains below its 200-day moving average heading into the weekend, caught between a regulatory tailwind from the Clarity Act\u2019s Senate progress and a macro headwind from rising yields and accelerating inflation.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin fell to $78,600 on May 15 as bond yields surged to a 12 month high, rattling risk markets. Summary Bitcoin fell to $78,600, down roughly 4% from Thursday\u2019s $82,000&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28801,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28800\/revisions\/28801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}