BTC $81,536 (+0.13%) | May 12, 2026

Bitcoin gained $127 to $81,536, up 0.13% in quiet trading.A quiet day. Price drifted inside its 30-day range with ETF flows at -0.90 standard deviations and no institutional moves clearing the materiality bar.

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Market Snapshot

Market Cap

$1.63T

24h Volume

$32.28B

Dominance

58.2%

Macro Context

How Bitcoin fits into the macro picture

Bitcoin's 0.53 correlation with the S&P 500 over 90 days shows continued macro sensitivity as Iran tensions pressure risk assets. Gold outperformed BTC by 74 basis points today, indicating flight-to-safety flows favored traditional safe havens. DXY strength of 0.06% provided headwind to bitcoin's 0.13% gain, though the magnitude was modest.

BTC tracked risk assets with 0.53 correlation to SPX over 90 days, showing macro regime dominance continues despite treasury adoption narratives.

BTC vs Everything

Asset	24h	YTD	BTC Edge
SPXS&P 500	+0.19%	+6.83%	-16.15%
QQQNASDAQ-100	+0.29%	+14.75%	-24.07%
XAUGold	+0.87%	+1.18%

Market Snapshot

Macro Context

BTC vs Everything

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