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Bitcoin was not too long ago hovering close to $17,000, recovering from an earlier slide on information that the U.S. financial system added an sudden strong 263,000 jobs in November. Nonetheless, equities have been blended following the sturdy jobs report. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed down 0.12% and 0.18%, respectively, whereas the Dow Jones Industrial Common was up 0.1%. Information from crypto evaluation agency IntoTheBlock reveals bitcoin’s 30-day correlation with the S&P 500 dropped to -0.8, hitting its lowest level since Could 2019. “The distinction between crypto’s inner troubles and macro’s constructive tailwinds have led the 2 to turn out to be negatively correlated,” Lucas Outumuro, head of analysis at IntoTheBlock, wrote in a Friday notice.