🚨 FROM DOVE TO HAWK — JAPAN JUST FLIPPED THE SWITCH 🚨
For 30 years, Japan was the global liquidity cheat code:
❄️ Zero / negative rates
💴 Cheap yen
🔁 Endless carry trades
That era just ended overnight.
🎄 Christmas Eve shock — BOJ Governor Ueda finally said it out loud:
• Wages are rising
• Inflation is locked above 2%
• Real rates are still too loose
• More rate hikes coming in 2026
🗡️ Translation:
The free-yen era is officially DEAD.
Markets felt it instantly.
Carry traders froze.
Leverage started backing off.
The yen ATM? Shut down.
This isn’t a “small tweak.”
This is a full regime change:
📉 Japanese bond yields repricing
📉 Global leverage unwinding
📉 Asset valuations resetting
⚠️ Volatility shifting from LOW → EXTREME
And yes — crypto is directly exposed.
Every major crypto cycle has felt the pain during carry-trade unwinds before the next trend is born.
When liquidity tightens, everything gets stress-tested.
💡 Key takeaway for traders:
Liquidity is no longer free.
Macro cycles are shifting.
Only positioned traders survive volatility — the rest become exit liquidity.
💬 Question:
Can your positions survive a real yen shock?
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