Fed money printer goes into reverse: What does it mean for crypto?
The Federal Reserve is starting the process of paring back its $9 trillion balance sheet that ballooned in recent years in a move called Quantitative Tightening (QT).
Analysts from a crypto exchange and financial investment firm have conflicting opinions about whether QT, starting on June 1, will put an end to a decade of unprecedented growth across crypto markets.
The worst part about this is that I would imagine ~80% of Americans have no idea what QUANTITIVE TIGHTENING is Why would we, this wasn’t taught in public school The SEC should worry about educating Americans on these terms as I believe that’s part of “PROTECTING” us https://t.co/Z8RwUNPJwF
Laypeople can consider QT the opposite of Quantitative Easing (QE) or money printing which the Fed has been engaged in since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Under QE conditions, more money is created and distributed while the FED adds bonds and other treasury instruments to its balance sheet.
The Fed plans on shrinking its balance sheet by $47.5 billion per month for the next three months. In September of this year, it plans on a $95 billion reduction. It aims to see its balance sheet reduced by $7.6 trillion by the end of 2023.
Bitcoin has never once in its history been in a bull market while the Federal Reserve did quantitative tightening. Smart whales spent the last 12+ months dumping their bags on dumb retail. The mega crash is inevitable!
Tom Matthews, communications manager at the Australian crypto exchange Swyftx, believes that QT could have a negative impact on markets. He told Cointelegraph on Wednesday that “It’s very possible you might just see growth in market cap trimmed slightly.”
Initiated in March 2020, the impact of QE on the crypto market was
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