BTC/Gold Ratio Surges 37% as Bitcoin Defies Logic
Bitcoin (BTC)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reported that the BTC/Gold Ratio broke out with a 37% surge, prompting analysis on asset allocation. The story centers on Alex, a financial markets journalist and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, who has spent nearly ten years investigating market drivers. His interest began in 2016 when Bitcoin refused to make sense to him, leading him to stay with the asset rather than shrug it off.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 30 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BTC is trading at $83,663.66, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 55.3% indicating immediate buying pressure, while the 4-hour ratio has cooled to 49.1%. Over the last 24 hours, the buy ratio sits at 47.4%, suggesting that the intense short-term buying is fading into a more balanced market. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$6,694,082, showing net inflows in the last hour, contrasting sharply with the 24-hour delta of -$58,565,704. This negative 24-hour delta, alongside a CVD of -$61,160,281, indicates that sellers have dominated the broader session despite the recent hourly spike.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
This hourly buying spike contrasts with the preceding week, where there were zero days of net buying out of seven. The 7-day average buy ratio was 47.0%, meaning today’s 1-hour reading of 55.3% is a significant deviation from the recent norm. Volume over the last day was 0.78x the average, showing less activity than usual, while the 8-day volume delta totaled -$752,984,789. Price has dropped 3.0% over eight days, confirming that this is an unusual day for the coin compared to its steady decline over the week.