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Capital is shifting from Bitcoin to AI-driven productivity plays as markets price in a more dovish Fed, with falling volatility and softening inflation expectations reducing Bitcoin's macro hedge appeal. The AI productivity boom and data-center spending are absorbing liquidity, while Bitcoin and Ethereum lag in a low-vol, risk-on macro regime.
Capital is rotating into USDC-native yield environments as Circle expands USDC collateral and integrations across Hyperliquid, Morpho Blue, and Aave V4, driven by institutional demand for secure, yield-bearing stablecoin venues post-Kelp exploit. Liquidity is flowing into Arc-compatible pools and frxUSD-incentivized markets, with Hyperliquid replacing USDH with USDC as primary collateral.
Capital is shifting from Bitcoin to AI-driven productivity plays as markets price in a more dovish Fed, with falling volatility and softening inflation expectations reducing Bitcoin's macro hedge appeal. The AI productivity boom and data-center spending are absorbing liquidity, while Bitcoin and Ethereum lag in a low-vol, risk-on macro regime.
A sudden inflation resurgence or geopolitical shock could reignite Bitcoin's safe-haven demand.