Posts

Showing posts with the label central bank

Buffett and Ackman take opposing sides on Treasury yields — What does it mean for Bitcoin?

Image
Two investment moguls are betting on different directions for inflation and Treasury yields, with potentially negative impacts on Bitcoin. Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman are two of the most successful investors in the world, but they have taken opposing views on the bond market in recent months. Only one can be right. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says he is shorting US Treasuries. if long-term inflation is 3% not 2%, the 30y Treasury yield could rise to 5.5%. In contrast, Warren Buffett has announced buying positions in 10y US Treasuries. Shorting US 10y bonds seems… pic.twitter.com/X2zSPzJ91Y — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 5, 2023 Buffett has been buying short-term Treasury bills, while Ackman has been shorting long-term Treasury bonds. Could both of these investors be right? Warren Buffett is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the world's largest investment holding companies. Buffett’s worth is estimated to be over $100 billion. Bill Ackma...

Bitcoin must leverage $1T central bank liquidity to beat sellers — research

Image
BTC price action is all but guaranteed to benefit from extra central bank liquidity, but the journey higher is fraught with difficulty, says QCP Capital. Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers need to watch the central banks of China and Japan as well as the United States as BTC/USD battles “huge” resistance. That was the opinion of trading firm QCP Capital, which in its latest crypto market research piece, “The Crypto Circular,” warned that Bitcoin faces risks far beyond the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin "most direct global liquidity proxy" Having survived the latest flood of macroeconomic data from the U.S., Bitcoin is nonetheless flagging right below $25,000 as bulls run out of momentum. For QCP Capital, there is now reason to believe that risk factors for price performance will come not just from the Fed but China and Japan. Market participants must now contend with such issues as China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) as well as the U.S. equivalent, along with Japanese central bank policy change...

Here is why Bitcoin price gave back all its intraday gains

Image
BTC price retraced the entirety of its intraday gains after Fed chair Jerome Powell issued hawkish statements in relation to today’s 0.50% interest rate hike. On Dec. 14, Bitcoin (BTC) price hit a 1-month high and saw a brief resurgence in bullish momentum, but the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) hawkish report and comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell sent BTC to an intraday low at $17,659.  Stocks and Bitcoin started the day slightly up but quickly retracted on the FOMC report. To date, Bitcoin price remains closely correlated to equities and a majority of investors have concerns about the impact of further rate increases in the future. BTC correlation to Dow Jones and S&P 500. TradingView Rising interest rates and hawkish talk from Powell impact BTC price While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed easing inflation at 7.1%, Powell still wants to reach 2% overall inflation. Inflation has been a determining factor in raising interest rates and the ...