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Bitcoin Is Starting to Trade Like a Different Macro Asset Something unusual is happening beneath the $BTC price action. Bitcoin's 90-day correlation with gold reached its highest level since 2020 at the end of August, while its relationship with U.S. equities has weakened. The shift happened during a bond-market selloff, when investors were reassessing inflation, yields and monetary policy. That matters because Bitcoin has historically traded more like a high-beta risk asset than a defensive macro asset. Now the market is testing a different identity. $BTC is holding around $78K after August's major rally, even as Treasury yields remain elevated and investors wait for Friday's U.S. payrolls report. The important question is whether this divergence lasts. My radar: I want to see whether $BTC can remain resilient if yields rise again. $ETH is already giving us a useful contrast. Despite strong ETF demand through much of August, it has struggled to maintain upside momentum. $SOL, $XRP and $BNB will tell us whether this strength eventually spreads beyond Bitcoin. For Layer 1s, $SUI, $APT, $AVAX and $NEAR are on my watchlist for signs of renewed risk appetite. In DeFi, $AAVE, $UNI, $CRV and $PENDLE can show whether capital is moving back into on-chain activity. For infrastructure and RWA, $LINK and $ONDO remain important because institutional adoption requires more than simply buying tokens. Higher-beta sectors such as $TAO, $RENDER and $FET will be useful gauges of speculative appetite, while $ARB and $OP can reveal whether Layer 2 liquidity is returning. The bigger signal is not simply Bitcoin's correlation with gold. It is the possibility that market participants are beginning to view $BTC through a broader macro lens: liquidity, monetary debasement, sovereign debt and global capital flows. But one month of correlation is not enough to declare a structural transformation. Similar divergences from equities have previously proved short-lived. #LastNFPBeforeFOMC #AVGODipsSNOWPops #RobinhoodChainRevenue