The Last Time Treasury Yields Hit 6%, Bitcoin Didn't Exist — What Happens If They Get There Again?

Bitcoin didn’t exist the last time the US 10-year Treasury yield traded near 6%; that was April, 2000 That was in 2000, roughly eight years before Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper. Now, one veteran market strategist expects rates to get there again.

Yield Could Climb Toward 6.07% Rick Bensignor, the founder of Bensignor Investment Strategies, told CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime that the 10-year yield could climb toward 6.07%. That target is up from around 4.78% today. He pointed to a multi-year uptrend line.

A 200-week moving average also flagged the recent low near 4%. Bensignor says the historical range is wide. The 10-year peaked at 15.8% in the early 1980s. It bottomed near 40 basis points at its record low. That makes 8.11% the halfway point.

He doesn’t expect a return to that midpoint. But he says even 5.6% would mark a minimum upside target. Bensignor’s own first mortgage exceeded 7% back in 1987. He argues today’s borrowers underestimate how high rates can climb. Yield has been trending strongly upwards this year.