Bitcoin and Ether fell to multi‑day lows even as major equity benchmarks pushed to fresh records, underscoring a continuing decoupling between crypto assets and global stock markets. The Bloomberg piece describes Bitcoin sliding below $67,000 and Ether dropping under $2,000, extending a drawdown that began in early 2026 and leaving both assets well off their prior peaks despite a strong run in risk assets more broadly. This weakness follows weeks of selling pressure tied to ETF outflows, thin liquidity and elevated derivatives positioning, which have made crypto prices more sensitive to bouts of risk reduction than to the broader “risk‑on” tone in equities. Context from recent coverage shows that the current leg lower comes after a series of sharp swings and an extended losing streak in Bitcoin, with commentators on Bloomberg previously framing the environment as a renewed “crypto winter” despite record or near‑record levels in major stock indices. Analysts point to several contributing factors: profit‑taking after the late‑2025/early‑2026 rally, reduced demand from institutional products such as spot ETFs, and a lack of new positive catalysts or narratives to offset concerns about regulation and macro uncertainty. The divergence matters because it challenges the view of Bitcoin as a straightforward high‑beta proxy on equities and suggests that, at least in the current phase, idiosyncratic crypto market structure and flows are exerting more influence on prices than the generalized risk appetite reflected in global stock benchmarks.

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