Bitcoin plays chicken with central banks such as Dollar Falls: Expert

The price of Bitcoin has passed a fight of volatility during the weekend and paid 5% on Sunday to fall under $ 80,000 before he settled near $ 82,000. The last decline places the cryptocurrency about 25% below the all time of $ 109,900. Analysts attribute the recession to continuous trade tensions – bound by President Donald Trump’s latest tariff measures – and the fears for an imminent recession.

In the meantime, a weakening American dollar index (DXY), which has fallen from 110 to 103 since mid-January,, together with Trump’s second office and could be a potential bullish catalyst for the Bitcoin price. In a series of post On X, Jamie Coutts, Chief Crypto analyst offers a look at the current market environment and emphasizes two important statistics that can form the policy of the central bank – and with the expansion of Bitcoin’s process. “Bitcoin is like playing a game of chicken with central banks,” writes Coutts.

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He explained that although the recent deterioration of the dollar supports a bullish framework for Bitcoin, the rising volatility of the Treasury Bond (kept by the Move Index) and the broadening of corporate bonds are worried: Coutts emphasized the role of American treasuries and the worldwide collapsed. Every peak in their volatility, he argued, forces lenders to impose larger hairstyles on collateral, tightening the liquidity. “Rising volatility sloters lenders to apply hairstyles to collateral, so that the liquidity is tightened. […] Above 110 [on the MOVE Index] And I suspect that there will be a few worries at the central planner levels. “

In the past three weeks, the spreads of the American investment quality bonds have become greater, a shift coutts views as a signal that can be risky, including bitcoin under pressure: “This suggests that the demand that the proceeds that are compressed would have been fulfilled for riskyTaacta.”

Despite these warning flags, Coutts remains optimistic about Bitcoin’s prospects in the medium term, mainly because of the ‘rapid decline’ of the dollar. He noted that the decrease in the dollar in March – one of the most important monthly dips in 12 years – has historically merged with bullish bends in the price of Bitcoin. According to his research: “They all took place at Bitcoin Bear Market Trogs (bending points) or bull markets in the middle cycle (trend continuations).”

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While he recognizes the limited historical data set for Bitcoin, Coutts also called important catalysts that he thinks could propel the digital assets:

• Adoption of nation states: “There is a worldwide nation state race,” wrote Coutts, in which a scenario is described in which countries include Bitcoin in their strategic reserves or raise mining efforts.
• Corporate Accumulation: He points to the possibility of companies – in particular Strategy (MSTR) – this year 100,000 to 200,000 BTC.
• ETF positions: listed funds can “double their positions”, which further stimulate institutional intake.
• Liquidity dynamics: In the words of Coutts: “The herb must flow.”

Coutts also stated that Bitcoin seems to be “filling a big gap” and repeated his opinion that a slide would indicate a fundamental market shift under the reach of $ 70,000. In the meantime, he sees central bankers closer to possible intervention as the volatility of the treasury and credit spreads climb: “If the volatility of the treasury and the spreads of bonds continue to rise, asset prices will continue their decrease. In the meantime, this will probably encourage the central planners to act. “

While closing, Coutts offered a brief summary of why he believes that Bitcoin is effectively locked up in a confrontation with central banks: “Bitcoin considers a high-stax game of chicken with the central planners. With their options that decrease – and assuming that Hodlers do not remain – delivered – the opportunities are increasingly in favor of the Bitcoin owner. “

For the time being, the world’s largest cryptocurrency seems to be entering a line between macro -economic headwind – to which a fleeting bond market is fueled – and the ridge of a weakening dollar. Whether Bitcoin will continue to withdraw or resume its long-term rise will probably depend on how worldwide policy makers respond to the market pressure of assembly of bonds and or holders willing to continue to play “chicken” with the central planners.

At the time of the press, BTC traded at $ 82,091.

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