Soaring Treasury yields are worrying economists — But what does this mean for...
The price of gold has also been stagnating, but this isn't necessarily bad for "digital gold" Bitcoin. This week's correction in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) showed that a market doesn’t go up in a straight line. Meanwhile, another topic has been gaining attention, namely the big rise in the 10-year yields of United States government bonds. In recent weeks, the 10-year Treasury yield of U.S. government bonds has surged 35% to a new high of 1.44%, the highest point since the cross-asset crash in March 2020.Treasury yield bounces from a 60-year lowU.S. 10-year yield 1-week candle chart.....
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With inflation soaring in the U.S., economists from monetary policy analytics and forecasting firm LH Meyer say the U.S. Federal Reserve could stop shrinking its balance sheet earlier than expected. However, critics have said the U.S. central bank hasn’t really shrunk the Fed’s balance at all, and the entity has been accused of keeping quantitative easing (QE) practices persistent by continuing to purchase long-term securities from the market. Forecasting Firm LH Meyer Predicts Fed Will Shrink the Balance Sheet Earlier Than Expected, While the Central Bank’s Reductions....
BTC dropped below $56,000 on Sunday as several bearish signs emerged. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $56,000 on March 21 after repeated rejections by the $60,000 resistance level throughout the past four days.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart. Source: TradingviewDespite getting closer to cleanly breaching past the key technical level, Bitcoin has been showing weakness in the $59,000 to $60,500 range.There are three major reasons behind the stagnation: the rise in Treasury yields, bearish movements on Bitfinex, and the struggle of the risk-on market.High U.S. Treasury yields cause....
Key Bitcoin Takeaways Bitcoin sell-off accelerated ahead of the US session as US 10-year Treasury yields hit a fresh 13-month peak. The cryptocurrency’s latest decline appeared ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s two-day policy meeting conclusion. Economists believe that the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell would maintain easy-money policies while ignoring intervention in the rising […]
A sharp spike in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield and an extended Big Tech sell-off is weighing on cryptocurrency prices as investors flee risk-on assets. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to struggle below $50,000 on March 5 as a spike in the 10-year Treasury yield to 1.62%, its highest level in over a year, has taken a toll on global financial markets and hit risk-assets especially hard. At the time of writing the S&P 500 and Dow are up 0.46% and 0.64% but the tech sector sell off continues as companies like Apple and Tesla continue to slump further. Economists see rising bond yields as the result....