This is not your classic
$BTC bear market.
Looking at macro indicators, the current range does not resemble a typical Bitcoin macro bear-market setup.
In the previous highlighted analogs, Gold/Copper was generally rising, DXY was strengthening, and the 2s10s curve was flattening, all pointing to a more defensive, tightening-sensitive backdrop for risk assets.
Today’s setup is different.
Gold/Copper is rolling over, DXY is chopping rather than trending higher, and the curve is steepening instead of flattening. 10Y yields are still firm, so rate pressure has not disappeared, but the broader macro mix looks more transitional than outright risk-off.
So there is clearly another factor at play.
My read is that capital has been chasing the AI narrative while Bitcoin has been treated as old news. But if that is the case, the setup becomes interesting: all it takes is a narrative flip for capital to start rotating back into the laggard, and for
$BTC to start acting like the liquidity sponge it was designed to be.