PrimeXBT Insights: Bitcoin rallied through a rate hike; Can it rally through a bond selloff?
By Jonatan Randin, Senior Market Analyst at PrimeXBT
In mid September the setup appeared unhealthy for Bitcoin. The CLARITY Act failed within the Senate on 15 September and the Fed hiked to 3.75 to 4.00% the subsequent day. Bitcoin (BTC) briefly traded beneath $75,000. Every week later it was above $87,000.
Then the bond market moved, and Bitcoin stopped going up.
What occurred in bonds
On 23 September the ten 12 months US Treasury yield jumped greater than 18 foundation factors, the most important in the future rise since April 2025. It saved going and rose above 5.2% the subsequent day, the very best since 2007. The 30 12 months reached about 5.50%, a degree final seen in 2004.
There was no single set off. Strong PMI knowledge, a weak 5 12 months public sale and better oil all performed a half. The Treasury even purchased again $4 billion of lengthy bonds on 24 September, and yields nonetheless rose.
Why the hike didn’t matter a lot
Everyone noticed it coming. By the eve of the assembly, futures markets priced the hike at near 90%. Some of Bitcoin’s weak point within the weeks earlier than arguably mirrored that repricing.
ETF flows present it. Spot Bitcoin ETFs misplaced about $750 million over 15 and 16 September, then took in $2.39 billion within the week to 25 September, their greatest week since October 2025 in line with Farside Investors.
Why the bond transfer is completely different
Look at these flows daily: $999 million on Monday, then $715 million, $347 million, $191 million and $135 million on Friday. The shopping for by no means stopped. It simply bought smaller as yields went up.
A hike is one resolution with a recognized dimension. A bond selloff has no dimension, and the market decides how far it goes. Yields above 5% compete immediately with an asset that pays nothing.
There’s one other approach to learn it. If the Treasury has to maintain borrowing at greater charges, the deficit grows and so does the availability of bonds. Many in crypto see that as the long run case for Bitcoin. For now, although, the brief time period impact is the one exhibiting up within the flows.
So far Bitcoin is holding the transfer. It isn’t extending it.
What the chart says
On the three day chart, Bitcoin broke above the $70,000 area round 20 August. It then spent a few weeks consolidating close to $80,000 earlier than breaking greater once more final week.
That second breakout issues. It’s arguably the primary greater high on the upper timeframes for the reason that bear market started, and worth reached above $87,000 earlier than pulling again.
Bitcoin (BTC/USD) 3 day chart with the 20 and 50 EMA. The breakout above $80,000 marks the primary greater high for the reason that bear market started, and the 20 EMA has crossed above the 50 EMA. Source: TradingView
The shifting averages help the identical image. The 20 EMA has crossed above the 50 EMA on the three day chart for the primary time since they crossed down in November 2025, which is roughly the place the bear market began.
Price is now retracing the most recent leg up. The subsequent greater timeframe help sits at $80,000, and the 50% Fibonacci retracement of the transfer from round $75,000 to $87,000 falls simply above it, close to $81,000.
As lengthy as Bitcoin holds the $80,000 space, the general construction might nonetheless be learn as constructive. A sustained transfer again under it would put that greater high into query.
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