Brothers, Bitcoin just dropped from over $90,000 to $85,000. Are people blaming the joint meeting by 13 ministries to curb speculation in crypto trading?
Hehe⦠youāre overthinking it. That meeting at the University of Tokyo is like taking off your pants to fart ā completely useless. There have been countless grand meetings in the past, yet prices always move on their own.
The real culprit? The Japanese side quietly flipped the table and set off a nuclear bomb ā their 10-year government bond yield has quietly soared to 1.1%!
Since the 2008 US subprime crisis, we havenāt seen numbers this high. Many donāt realize how crucial this is for crypto. Let me explain in simple terms:
Imagine the Bank of Japan as the worldās largest āzero-cost borrowingā wholesale market. For the last decade, the boss of this market (the Bank of Japan) has been subsidizing everything ā borrowing rates almost zero. Wall Street suits flock in like flies to honey, borrow cheap yen, and turn it into knives to buy US Treasury bonds, chase AI stocks, and even Bitcoin. Losing doesnāt hurt because the money was basically free ā profit is pure gravy. This is called yen arbitrage trading, the largest and longest-running āplaying the game without moneyā scheme in the world. We crypto traders are just riding the edges of this wave.
Now something big happened: the boss of the āzero-cost borrowingā market suddenly says, āRules changed! Borrowing now has a handling fee!ā
Why? Domestic inflation in Japan is out of control. The money old people deposit in banks is losing value fast. The central bank canāt keep rates zero any longer ā markets are betting rates will rise in December.
This triggers chaos:
1ļøā£ Costs rise ā borrowing is no longer free, shrinking arbitrage profits.
2ļøā£ Everyone expects the yen to strengthen. Institutions who borrowed cheap yen now have to repay with more expensive yen ā exchange rate losses pile up.
3ļøā£ What happens? Mass liquidation. Profitable and losing assets ā US stocks, bonds, gold, Bitcoin ā all sold to get cash and repay debt. Bitcoin gets hit first because of liquidity and 24/7 trading.
This is not a technical breakdown ā this is the end of the era of global free-yen leverage.
Some idiots might say: āDonāt worry! The Fed is about to cut rates, itāll save the market!ā
Bro⦠wake up. Cutting rates is like putting a band-aid on a broken leg. Japan isnāt patching ā theyāre pulling the life support. Even if the Fed cuts rates, dollar rates fall, yen rates rise ā arbitrage space shrinks even faster. You canāt fix a balloon with a hole by inflating it.
The real dates to watch:
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Dec 10 ā Will the Fed cut interest rates? If yes, will āgood news = bad newsā play out?š
Dec 19 ā Will the Bank of Japan raise rates? Thatās the real global market test.
Todayās crash? Just a rehearsal. Watch two things closely:
1ļøā£ USD/JPY exchange rate ā as long as yen rises, donāt expect relief.
2ļøā£ Japanās 10-year government bond yield ā as long as it climbs, the world shakes.
K-lines, indicators, āiron-bottom supportā ā all paper mache in front of these macro giants. Institutions are selling to survive ā and you, a retail trader, trying to catch flying knives? Donāt.
Some say: āThe bigger the storm, the bigger the fish!ā
Hehe⦠smart guy, first save your broken boat. Wait until Tokyo calms down before checking what Washington is doing. Otherwise, your positions could be next.
Short-term advice from me, Baige:
Donāt rush to bottom fish.
Donāt buy every dip or chase every rise.
90% of trading should be waiting for opportunities, not blind action.
If you want to dance on the edge of the knife, you can chat with me ā Iāve predicted five recent major rises and falls perfectly. Contact link pinned on my homepage.
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