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After several consecutive days of continuous rise, this morning gold directly hit 4300, silver also broke through $62, and COMEX gold futures were even more aggressive, reaching a high of $4267. It rose more than 3% intraday. All because of one data point, the ADP employment report: in July, the US private sector only added 44,000 jobs, while the market expected 65,000 to 75,000. The expectation gap was huge, causing a direct explosion. With such weak employment, expectations for rate hikes cooled down, the dollar fell, US Treasury yields dropped, and gold and silver both soared. But BTC is still hovering around 64,000, rising less than 1%, almost unchanged. I just want to ask, isn't BTC supposed to be digital gold? Gold rose 3%, you didn’t even hit 1%, what kind of digital gold is that? In the first half of last year, BTC and gold still had a clear positive correlation, but this year it has turned negative. Gold has risen 9% this year, BTC has fallen 11%. Analysts at Deutsche Bank directly said BTC is "no longer digital gold." Peter Schiff was even more direct, saying the correlation between BTC and gold never really existed. Though harsh, the data is clear. So what exactly is BTC following? The US stock market? The S&P and Nasdaq are both rising, but BTC isn’t following. ETF funds? On Tuesday, there was a net inflow of $211.5 million, but the price still didn’t move. Geopolitical easing? There has been progress in US-Iran talks, but no stimulus effect. BTC’s current state is that it can’t fall further nor rise, hovering around 64,000, waiting for a real catalyst. This catalyst could be an actual rate cut, regulatory news, or some big institutional move. But at least it’s not the rise of gold. My own view is that the "digital gold" story is becoming less and less convincing by 2026. It’s not that BTC is bad, but its pricing logic is completely different from gold’s now.#SandiskBeatAndBuyback #CircleArcLaunch #EarningsRealityCheck