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Why is bitcoin (BTC) down today: Surging bond yield, inflation worries rattle crypto, stocks, gold

Primary ETHBTCETHmacronegativeImportance 0.2
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Event summary

coindesk published this macro event on 15 May 2026, 14:41 UTC. The archive associates it with BTC, ETH; the tables below report observed post-publication returns without asserting causality.

Historical market reactions

Price reactions

Reaction V2

Historical percentage returns from the recorded publication timestamp. Missing values remain intentionally blank; these observations do not establish causality.

Related asset reactions

BTC

Reference 15 May 2026, 14:42 UTC · latency 0m

1m
+0.07%
5m
-0.18%
15m
+0.04%
1h
-0.03%
4h
+0.13%
24h
-1.30%

Source: Binance Vision official monthly 1m archive

ETH

Reference 15 May 2026, 14:42 UTC · latency 0m

1m
-0.00%
5m
-0.27%
15m
-0.09%
1h
+0.17%
4h
+0.60%
24h
-1.63%

Source: Binance Vision official monthly 1m archive

Broader market context

SOL

Reference 15 May 2026, 14:42 UTC · latency 0m

1m
+0.07%
5m
-0.34%
15m
-0.16%
1h
-0.11%
4h
+0.80%
24h
-3.22%

Source: Binance Vision official monthly 1m archive

Methodology

Reaction V2 uses the current documented publication-time methodology. Alternative research alignments are not displayed as production data.

Primary asset
ETH
Sentiment score
-0.10
Value unit
Percentage return
Reaction version
Reaction V2
Publication date
15 May 2026, 14:41 UTC
Source
coindesk
Related assets
BTC, ETH
Data availability
Missing horizons remain blank