"Bitcoin trades like a tech stock" is a common industry assumption, but does it hold up at 1-minute resolution?
Using Binance's 24/7 TradFi perpetual contracts alongside BTC, FollowSM analyzed 139 trading days and 21 perpetual pairs to map real-time cross-asset price discovery.
Key Findings:
1. ⚡ US Trading Hours: Instant Synchronization
During regular US market hours, BTC and equity perps reprice inside the exact same 1-minute window (rho ~ 0.44 at lag 0).
Key Takeaway: Neither market leads the other at 1-minute resolution—pricing shifts happen simultaneously across both asset classes.
2. ⌛ Weekend Price Discovery: BTC Takes the Lead
When traditional cash exchanges close for the weekend, crypto becomes the liquidity anchor.
Equity perps follow BTC moves with a ~1-minute lag (rho = 0.108 forward vs. 0.003 reversed).
Key Takeaway: On Saturdays and Sundays, crypto actively leads macro perp pricing.
3. 🤖 Sector Divergence: Semis vs. Big Tech & Oil
Not all stocks interact with Bitcoin the same way:
Semiconductor Perps (NVDA, MU, TSM): Correlate twice as strongly with BTC compared to mega-cap tech like Apple (AAPL) or Microsoft (MSFT). The AI/Hardware momentum trades tightly alongside crypto risk sentiment.
Crude Oil (CL): The only contract moving inversely to BTC (rho = -0.19).
4. ⚠️ Hedging Warning: High Residual Risk
Using BTC as a direct cross-asset hedge for equity portfolios carries substantial risk:
Daily close-to-close R² is only 0.26.
20-day rolling correlations swing wildly between -0.05 and 0.84.
Key Takeaway: Because correlations fluctuate unpredictably across market regimes, static cross-asset hedging with BTC leaves high residual exposure.
Read the full research paper and run the open-source code:
Full Article: https://dev.to/followsm/crypto-vs-stocks-minute-by-minute-what-4-5-november-shows-about-btc-and-247-equity-perps-hbb
Research Code & https://github.com/Follow-SM/tick-microstructure-research
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