Stocks Rally and So Does Bitcoin. Here’s Why Crypto is Watching Wall Street

By OUINEX

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Solana all climbed higher on Monday, once again proving that crypto markets are increasingly tethered to Wall Street’s pulse.

As US equity futures rose on the back of positive economic sentiment and trade policy clarity, the crypto sector responded in kind. Bitcoin rose 2%, Ethereum added 1.6%, and Solana notched a 4% gain.

While once championed as a hedge against traditional finance, today’s digital assets are behaving more like their Wall Street counterparts. When equity futures are green, so too is Bitcoin.

The current rally has been tied to a softening of Trump’s proposed tariffs, expected to hit headlines on April 2. With fears of broad protectionism fading, both tech stocks and risk assets like crypto found room to move higher.

“This is a new era of correlation,” said Sophia Jensen, an economist at Blockwave. “Crypto no longer lives in a vacuum.”

The news comes amid growing institutional exposure to Bitcoin ETFs and increased algorithmic trading linking crypto to equity flows.

With the lines between old and new finance blurring, Bitcoin’s behaviour today might be less about blockchain and more about Bloomberg terminals.