‘The Clearest Macro Risk to Bitcoin’: Why Bitfinex Is Warning Investors About the Yen Carry Trade
The post ‘The Clearest Macro Risk to Bitcoin’: Why Bitfinex Is Warning Investors About the Yen Carry Trade appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways The yen dropped to historic lows, raising policy tightening fears that threaten global crypto liquidity. Bitfinex flagged the yen carry trade as a macro risk, warning a sharp reversal will hit BTC and ETH. Japan spent $73B on FX interventions, showing limited impact against massive global trading volumes. Yen Carry Trade Reversal Awakens Fears in Bitcoin Analysts One of the most relevant global liquidity drivers, the Japanese carry trade, is under analyst scrutiny again due to the recent devaluation of the yen, which might prompt a reversal of the conditions that gave it its origin. As explained in Bitcoin News before, the yen carry trade has its origin in the historically low cost of borrowing money in Japan. Investors leverage this liquidity, extracting it from the country and funneling it into more lucrative markets, investing