Right now, $BTC just broke out hard — driven by the US Treasury announcing bond buybacks to stabilize surging long-term yields. Over the past week, billions in shorts got liquidated. The "Saylor death spiral" narrative and Iran headline fears had already flushed out sellers before this move even began. Market was oversold, sentiment was peak bearish, and the first positive catalyst triggered an explosive squeeze — $BTC violently hit 75k+.

Why are stocks lagging? Equities face a different problem: sticky inflation, AI capex concerns, and semiconductor weakness. That's capping equities regardless of what's happening with yields. Bitcoin and gold can shine here even if equities stay choppy.

On altcoins: quality is concentrated right now. Not many strong opportunities, which actually makes trading easier. Watching revenue-generating protocols with strong flows that held up during the bear: Hyperliquid, Zcash, $ENA, VVV, ETHFi.

Current approach: smaller, leveraged continuation trades on breakouts — not big spot longs. Big spot buying is reserved for bigger dips, not chasing a squeeze like this.

Bigger picture: unless equities enter a real risk-on environment, it's historically been hard for Bitcoin to sustain a real bull run. There's probably enough momentum here to push into the 80s. Sustaining a run toward 100+ is a different question entirely.