Bitcoin (BTC) stayed $1,000 lower on May 19 after a grim trading session on Wall Street the day before slowed further upside.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $29,000 at the time of writing, having bounced at $28,600 on Bitstamp.
The pair had declined in step with United States equities, with the S&P 500 particularly in focus as it set its largest intraday decline since June 2020.
Drama over Tesla, which was removed from the S&P 500’s ESG Index amid ongoing controversy, fuelled the poor performance.
The firm’s CEO, Elon Musk, publicly rebuked those behind the decision, which appeared tied to adherence to so-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
“ESG is a scam. It has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors,” part of a Twitter response read.
Further proof that ESG is a scam.
— Alex Gladstein ⚡ (@gladstein) May 19, 2022
Tesla (a literal EV company) is also invested in Bitcoin, the most powerful “S” holding one can have, something that boosts financial powers for tens of millions of people worldwide under authoritarian regimes and emerging markets https://t.co/g2cRc4Tows
Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of investment giant Ark Invest, called the decision to exclude Tesla “ridiculous” and “not worthy of any other response.”
As counter-inflation measures begin to bite, the outlook for risk assets was at best one of “consolidation” in the months ahead, some argued.
Popular trading account CredibleCrypto agreed that Bitcoin was copying behavior exhibited by the S&P 500 during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
Do you remember the sentiment in '08 when the housing bubble popped? Do you remember the stock market crash of '08 and the subsequent recovery? Range highs taken, range lows taken, deviations, expanded flat, whatever you want to call it- we have seen it before. $BTChttps://t.co/CmQ6a031Pg
— CrediBULL Crypto (05.27) (@CredibleCrypto) May 19, 2022
While bond markets could notionally benefit from financial tightening by central banks worldwide, little faith remained in their investment premise among pro-Bitcoin sources.
Analyst Dylan LeClair, highlighting readings from Vanguard’s Total Bond Market exchange-traded fund (ETF), called it the “global everything bubble collapsing in real time.”
“It’s going to get crazier,” he added on the day.
Outside crypto, as Cointelegraph recently reported, markets commentator Holger Zschaepitz frequently refers to the situation as the “biggest bond bubble in 800 years.”
Returning to shorter timeframes for Bitcoin, the prognosis remained focused on potential moves above $30,000 before a deeper correction sets in.
Related: First 7-week losing streak in history ― 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
“Probably some momentum towards $29.7K possible. Question whether we can hold $29.3K for continuation, but overall I’m still expecting a HL to be happening on Bitcoin in which we continue towards $32.8K/$34K,” Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe told Twitter followers overnight.
Fellow trader Crypto Tony, meanwhile, reiterated his thesis that BTC/USD did not in fact bottom during last week’s tip to $23,800 and that a more substantial “capitulation” was due.
I am going to be sharing some quantitive charts and analysis soon to back up why i do not think capitulation has not happened yet
— Crypto Tony (@CryptoTony__) May 19, 2022
Many believe it has happened already, but it is important to see what it looks like and actually means
An additional post described the day’s BTC price action so far as being in “no man's land.”
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