Bitcoin rallies above $77k as gold and BTC hedge fiscal anxiety
Bitcoin (BTC)
Cryptobriefing.com reports that the debasement trade is back as US debt exceeds $40 trillion and interest payments near $1 trillion. Investors are buying both gold and Bitcoin as hedges against fiscal anxiety, with gold surging past $4,700 and Bitcoin trading above $77,000. Ray Dalio recommends allocating 10-15% of portfolios to gold and a modest holding in Bitcoin to improve risk-adjusted returns. Research from Bitwise and JPMorgan shows a 15% combined allocation to these assets outperformed the standard 60/40 portfolio from 2018 to 2025. The correlation between gold and Bitcoin is historically low, but both tend to move up together during genuine fiscal stress. This shift represents a regime change in how investors view risk amid ballooning government debt.
What Whalio's data showed
Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was published on 26 August 2026.
Bitcoin is trading at $78,539.14 with a spot volume of $1,972,170,530 over the last 24 hours. The 24-hour buy ratio is 51.0%, which is slightly higher than the 4-hour ratio of 53.1% and the 1-hour ratio of 55.1%, indicating that buying pressure is slightly more concentrated in the shorter timeframes. Volume delta is positive across all intervals, with the 24-hour delta at +$40,417,819, showing net accumulation over the day. The 1-hour volume delta of +$3,441,962 and the 4-hour delta of +$9,615,977 confirm that recent buying activity is supporting the price. Despite a negative CVD of -$890,682, the positive volume deltas suggest that buyers are absorbing sell pressure effectively. The fact that net buying occurred for 14 of the last 24 hours supports the view that demand is building at these levels.