Today, Nikkei reported that the BOJ can do a rate hike at its Dec 18–19 meeting.
This was not what markets were expecting, and this news caused the Japan bond yield to spike.
As soon as yields started to go up, the markets started going down.
This is because every time the BOJ has raised rates, Bitcoin and altcoins have seen sharp downside moves.
Japan has been a major source of cheap liquidity for decades, and when Japanese policy tightens, carry trades unwind, liquidity pulls back, and the markets dump hard.
Another reason is the upcoming Dec 19 quarterly options expiry, when a large amount of stock and ETF options expire.
These expiries are worth trillions and often push markets lower before positions settle.
Now that these two events are happening close together, the downside pressure on the market is clearly higher.
Also, Bloomberg reported that BOJ is planning more rate hikes in 2026, which will make things worse.
I think if BOJ does a rate hike, the market will experience a flash crash before reversal.
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🚨 Rate cut odds for a 25 bps cut at today’s #FOMC are now 87.6%.
But here’s how $BTC performed after the last 4 FOMC meetings: • June 18: No cut: -6.36% • July 30: No cut: -5.62% • Sept 17: 25 bps cut: -8.10% • Oct 29: 25 bps cut: -12.04%
VOLATILITY always shows up when Powell does. Trade safe! ⚠️ $