CPI Data Is Coming. Does Bitcoin Even Care Anymore?
Everyone's watching
#CPIWatch for the next inflation print.
But here's what the correlation data says: Bitcoin stopped listening.
📊 5-Day Correlation Collapse (Dec 31 → Jan 5):
BTC-TNX (Treasury Yields): +0.69 → +0.22
Drop: -68%
BTC-VIX (Fear Index): -0.54 → -0.05
Drop: -91%
Five days ago, Bitcoin was highly sensitive to rate expectations. Today? Almost decorrelated.
🧠 What This Means:
When BTC-TNX was +0.69, every Fed hint moved Bitcoin. Inflation up = rates up = BTC down.
Now at +0.22, that relationship is breaking. Bitcoin is finding its own path.
The VIX correlation is even more dramatic. At -0.05, Bitcoin is essentially ignoring the fear index entirely. Retail panic? Institutional calm? Doesn't matter. BTC isn't responding.
⚠️ The Regime: ANOMALOUS
This isn't risk-on. This isn't risk-off. It's something else.
When correlations collapse this fast, it means:
Old playbooks don't work
Macro traders are confused
Bitcoin is repricing its relationship to traditional markets
📈 My Read:
CPI will drop. Headlines will scream. Traders will panic or celebrate.
But if the correlation data holds, Bitcoin might just... not care.
Watch the reaction, not the number. If BTC ignores a hot CPI print, the decorrelation thesis is confirmed.
The macro playbook is changing in real-time. Are you tracking it?
Data: 14-day correlation matrix | Jan 5, 2026
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