Chart of the Week: Wall Street's 'Fear Gauge' Is Flashing Possible Bitcoin Bottom

Chart of the Week: Wall Street's 'Fear Gauge' Is Flashing Possible Bitcoin Bottom

The bitcoin to VIX ratio might be signalling a potential long-term bottom for BTC price.

By James Van Straten|Edited by Aoyon Ashraf

Index has surged to its highest level since last August, indicating increased market uncertainty.

The bitcoin to VIX ratio has hit a long-term trendline, historically suggesting a potential bottom for bitcoin prices.

This trendline has previously marked the bottom for bitcoin during major market events, followed by price rallies.

It’s been an exceptionally volatile week, but one measure may be signaling longer-term bullish sentiment for bitcoin.

The sell-off in equities began on April 3, spurred by President Donald Trump's tariff-led uncertainties. Each day since then has been marked by sharp moves in both directions. The panic has hit both the equities and bond markets, while gold has surged to new all-time highs, and the DXY Index has broken below 100 for the first time since July 2023.

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Incidents of home fires from EV-charging mishaps have made headlines over the years. That was one of Craig's biggest fears with his new purchase.

Underlying Labor Market Dynamics Still Tight Despite Highest Gov Layoffs & Discharges since Census Wind-Down of 2020

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.

The circular relationship between quits, job openings, hires, and fires – the data released today – shows the churn in the labor market, in addition to growth aspects. And now it also begins to show a shift from government hiring to private-sector hiring.

Labor-market churn went wild in 2021 and 2022, when workers quit in huge numbers to jump to better jobs, thereby leaving behind large numbers of slots that had to be filled, and then a large number of hires to fill those left-behind job openings. This churn reshuffled the entire labor market, and many workers ended up with jobs that paid more and matched their skills better than before.

But starting in mid-2022, Corporate America, especially Big Tech, cracked down on churn and soaring wages with huge layoff announcements to scare the bejesus out of their employees and make them thankful they even still had a job. And worried workers quit quitting. So left-behind slots plunged, and job openings plunged, and hires to fill those job openings also plunged.