BOJ Raised Rates… and $BTC Pumped 🤯📈
The Bank of Japan just hiked rates to 0.75%.
On paper? Bad for risk assets.
In reality? Bitcoin moved UP.
Why? Because the market already knew.
There was a ~98% chance this hike was coming — it was fully priced in.
What really mattered wasn’t the decision… it was the tone 🎙️
The BOJ Governor signaled future tightening will be slow, careful, and controlled.
That instantly calmed fears of a sudden yen carry trade unwind — where cheap yen flows out of higher-yield assets like crypto.
Earlier this month, many expected a BOJ hike to drag $BTC below $70K due to liquidity tightening.
Instead? The market shrugged it off and moved higher.
Lesson for traders:
📌 Headlines don’t move markets — expectations do
📌 Liquidity matters more than rate decisions
📌 If everyone expects bad news, the impact is already gone
Smart money trades before the news.
Retail reacts after it. 🚀
