Bitcoin shrugged off Japan’s rate hike – The bigge
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Bitcoin shrugged off Japan’s rate hike – The bigger liquidity test came from Washington
Japanese interest rates reach Bitcoin through the yen carry trade, so the Bank of Japan's hike to 1% tested crypto's exposure to global leverage.
The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark rate to 1%, yet Bitcoin quickly recovered near $66,000.
02Japan’s hike matters because yen-funded leverage has long spilled into crypto, forcing Bitcoin selloffs when borrowing costs rise.
03The BOJ muted the shock by capping long-term yields, but a series of hikes could still shrink global risk appetite.
The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 1% on June 16, the highest level the country has seen since September 1995 and the furthest point yet in a normalization campaign that has slowly dismantled three decades of near-free money.
Going into the decision, the track record pointed one way: every one of Governor Kazuo Ueda's rate increases since March 2024 had been followed by a Bitcoin drawdown of 18% to 33%, and the August 2024 surprise hike sent the price from roughly $64,000 to $49,000 inside 48 hours, erasing around $600 billion in crypto market value.
This time the pattern broke, with Bitcoin dipping briefly in the Asian session before recovering to trade near $66,000, close to where it had sat before the announcement.
Japanese monetary policy reaches Bitcoin through one of the most powerful funding channels in global finance, and a quarter-point move to a 31-year high is the kind of event that has rekt crypto before. The hike was held without triggering the usual chaos because of how the BOJ packaged it, and the calm leaves a much larger question hanging over where Japan's exit from cheap money eventually leads.
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