Grounded, or a dream? — every asset decomposed in the language of finance.
BTC: most of the price sits above a production-cost floor — a capital asset. ETH / SOL / AVAX: almost the entire price is future expectation — growth assets. The same ruler, different shapes.
The U.S. policy rate sits at 3.63%; the 10Y–2Y Treasury spread is +0.28 (an upward-sloping curve); gold is near $4,587/oz and crude oil near $100/bbl.
The U.S.
The market yield on a 2-year U.S.
The market yield on a 10-year U.S.
The spread between the 10-year and 2-year Treasury yields (10Y minus 2Y)..
The year-over-year change in the U.S.
The U.S.
The monthly average U.S.-dollar gold price, as published in the World Bank's Pink Sheet commodity data..
The monthly average crude-oil price — the World Bank's equal-weighted average of Brent, Dubai, and West Texas Intermediate..
How the backdrop enters the model — as a discount rate, not a price driver. The 10-Year Treasury is the risk-free leg of r; r = 10Y + an 8% crypto risk premium = 12.38%. Lowering r enlarges the measured anchor and shrinks future expectations; raising r does the reverse. This is a mechanical identity within the model — not a claim that macro drives price, and not a basis that justifies expectations.