Here’s What An End To Quantitative Tightening Means For Bitcoin And Altcoins
The Federal Reserve is now days away from halting its multi-year balance-sheet reduction, and the shift is beginning to ripple through Bitcoin and crypto discussions. The approaching end of Quantitative Tightening (QT) is a clear turn in monetary policy, and analysts are already pointing to historical parallels from the last time QT stopped. One particular […]
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Crypto analyst Steph Crypto has shared that the XRP price reaching up to $10 this cycle is quite fair. This comes amid changes in the US government and the Federal Reserve’s changing stance. The post points to the positive end of quantitative tightening and moving into a period of quantitative easing, during which risk assets […]
Bitcoin has not grown at the rapid rate expected so far in the cycle, and some have blamed this on the fact that the Federal Reserve has been practicing quantitative tightening. This refers to a period when the central bank is reducing its money supply in a bid to reel in excess liquidity. As a result, buying power seems to have fallen as there isn’t enough liquidity flowing into risk assets such as Bitcoin. However, this could all be changing very soon as the Fed begins to change its stance. Quantitative Easing Could Bring About More Liquidity After a long stretch of quantitative....
What will happen to the crypto markets when quantitative tightening takes full effect and the Federal Reserve shelves the money printer? The Federal Reserve is starting the process of paring back its $9 trillion balance sheet that ballooned in recent years in a move called Quantitative Tightening (QT). Analysts from a crypto exchange and financial investment firm have conflicting opinions about whether QT, starting on June 1, will put an end to a decade of unprecedented growth across crypto markets.The worst part about this is that I would imagine ~80% of Americans have no idea what....
The Federal Reserve has officially brought its multi-year quantitative tightening program to a close, freezing its balance sheet at about $6.57 trillion after draining more than $2.3 trillion from the system since 2022. The Federal Reserve’s decision to formally end quantitative tightening has created a sense of anticipation across the crypto market. Liquidity inflows have shaped every major crypto cycle, and removing the multi-year drain on liquidity is expected to set the stage for healthier crypto market conditions and see the Bitcoin price push above $100,000 in the coming days.....
Market expert VirtualBacon recently suggested that the most significant event for the crypto industry this year is not the Bitcoin (BTC) Halving or the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but rather a potential shift in Federal Reserve (Fed) liquidity policy. After 18 months of tightening measures, the Fed is reportedly preparing to pause its quantitative tightening (QT) and may even initiate stealth quantitative easing (QE) once again. What’s Next For The Crypto Market In a recent post on social media platform X, VirtualBacon laid out a compelling argument linking liquidity pivots....