"U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hits four-month high…downside pressure builds on risk assets including Bitcoin (BTC)"

An analysis suggests that as the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level in four months, downside pressure is weighing across risk assets, including Bitcoin (BTC).

According to CoinDesk, a U.S. digital-asset (cryptocurrency) news outlet, on the 20th (local time) the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.27%, the highest level in recent months. The outlet cited as drivers of the yield increase U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on Europe, and the possibility that European countries could respond by selling U.S. Treasuries.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield serves as a benchmark for global borrowing costs; when it rises, overall financing costs—such as mortgage rates, corporate loans and auto installment rates—tend to increase as well, potentially weighing on the real economy.

The outlet said that “rising Treasury yields act to raise the discount rate applied to risk assets,” adding that “Treasury yield volatility triggered by geopolitical risks is also negatively affecting the digital-asset market.”

Markets are watching the risk that volatility in risk assets, including Bitcoin, could increase for the time being depending on rate moves and geopolitical variables.