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Hey everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Outside, we have our first major storm in ages 🌩 which I should feel happier about, but I have an ill senior dog that hates thunder - this is not helping.
Below, I dive into why BTC is holding up relatively well despite signs of monetary tightening ahead.
Unless there’s a scheduling change (they happen), I’ll be on Bloomberg’s Crypto Show this afternoon at around 12:50pm ET, if you feel like tuning in.
Production note: apologies, I have to skip publication tomorrow - taking ill senior dog to the vet and it might take a while. Back on Thursday! 🐶
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BTC resilience: why, how and what next?
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BTC resilience: why, how and what next?
I’ve written often (most recently yesterday) about BTC’s surprising resilience in the face of what looks like global monetary tightening – the key indicators of bond yields, the DXY dollar index, inflation, interest rates and energy prices all suggest that BTC should be lower, given its typical sensitivity to liquidity sentiment.
Today feels like a good day to probe a bit deeper as to why, how come it isn’t, and how sustainable this might be.
