The dollar debasement narrative is back after the Treasury’s latest buyback announcement.

$BTC has led the move, up about 21% since the announcement, while gold also rose and equities barely moved.

Close to $1B has flowed into Bitcoin ETFs in the last 3 days.

This is the strongest 3-day inflow since $BTC was last trading above $80k.

The altcoin market has entered a state of optimism.

85% of alts reached funding rates above their mean.

This is the highest print we've seen for this metric since BTC was trading at all time highs.

In an alt season, these conditions can last for many weeks.

#BTC investors are paying up for upside exposure.

25-delta call vol has been outpacing puts at every maturity since the breakout.

Skew is at its lowest of the year across the curve and flipped negative on the front end.

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Market buyers stepped in heavily as $BTC edged above $64k.

This buy-side aggression then helped to fuel the breakout and kept volume delta consistently positive until $76k.

That buy pressure remains strong at these levels.

$5 billion of IBIT options expire on September 18.

Most of that is calls: $3B vs $2B in puts.

Max pain sits at $40, which corresponds to a $BTC price of approximately $71k.

Bitcoin Vector's impulse flipped positive from the lows.

$BTC has advanced roughly 20% since.

The strategy is currently fully allocated and in profit, and the next upside target sits at $82.8k.

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