Arthur Hayes, BitMEX co-founder, suggests that Japan's use of the Federal Reserve's FIMA repo facility to support the yen could increase dollar liquidity temporarily, benefiting Bitcoin, Ether, and gold prices. Japan coordinated a yen intervention with the U.S. Treasury on July 31 and plans to use FIMA to exchange Treasuries for dollars without selling them outright, potentially avoiding market disruption. The Fed currently limits FIMA exposure to $60 billion per counterparty, but an increase could allow larger interventions. While this mechanism is a short-term liquidity tool, Hayes believes it could expand the Fed's balance sheet and support scarce monetary assets. However, no significant FIMA expansion or immediate crypto price rally has occurred yet, making this a forward-looking thesis dependent on future policy changes and usage.
Bitcoin surged above $81,700 and Ethereum topped $2,600 following the Federal Reserve's unanimous 25 basis point rate hike, the first since 2023, signaling an end to the rate cut/pause cycle. The rally was further fueled by fresh regulatory moves: th...
Robert Kiyosaki claims that the largest market crash in history started around September 15, initially impacting Europe and Japan before spreading globally. He points to rising bond yields, global debt nearing 100% of GDP by 2029, and geopolitical te...
Ethereum's price recently climbed from $2,360 to nearly $2,668 but cooled near $2,600, still about 47% below its October 2025 peak of $4,946. Analysts offer varied year-end targets ranging from $4,000 to $10,000, contingent on factors like Bitcoin's ...
Most major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Binance Coin, experienced price declines today, with Bitcoin down nearly 1% and Ethereum over 2%. However, some tokens like Avalanche (AVAX) and HBAR showed significant gains, rising 14.35...
Bitcoin's price reached a high near $81,914 but failed to break through the $82,000 resistance level, currently trading around $80,443. Despite a strong $7,000 rebound from recent lows, short-term momentum has cooled, with key moving averages still p...
