CoinDesk's latest "Daybook" notes that while conventional wisdom holds that rising government bond yields are a headwind for cryptocurrencies, the foreign exchange market no longer follows this logic. For example, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has climbed 58 basis points this year to 4.81% (the highest since October 2023), yet the DXY (US Dollar Index) has only risen by 0.9%. Japan's 10-year government bond yield surged by 90 basis points, but the Japanese Yen fell to a four-decade low. Analysis suggests that the market appears to interpret high yields as a warning sign of fiscal stress rather than fiscal strength. If this interpretation holds, investors may turn to hard assets like Bitcoin and gold to hedge against the risk of governments being unable to arbitrarily increase supply or devalue their currencies.