Bitcoin and crypto are coming back after the summer break because the AI trade is losing luster on valuation and ROI concerns, while government liquidity interventions like the US/Japan yen support and the Treasury's announced doubling of long-dated fixed-income purchases signal more intervention. Last week's short liquidation was the biggest in crypto in five years, and the structural case is strong: the US budget deficit this year is $1.8 trillion, larger than Bitcoin's entire market cap, creating a big runway.