I don't know if you've noticed, but the "cause" of last week's crash has been practically completely reversed. 🤯
Trump will no longer apply 100% tariffs to China and is already meeting with Xi Jinping for more "friendly" negotiations.
So then... why isn't the market rising? 🤷‍♂️
Simple: the market didn't fall because of the tariffs that was just the spark that lit a much larger structural fire.
Since the end of 2022, Bitcoin has been rising even during quantitative tightening (QT), which seemed contradictory. But this rise was supported by positive liquidity—not coming directly from the Fed's balance sheet, but from other channels, such as the reverse repo program.
These reserves peaked at US$2.5 trillion in December 2022. Since then, the money that was "parked" at the Fed has been released, offsetting the liquidity drain caused by QT.
The problem is that this source has now dried up. Less than US$7 billion remains in reserves practically nothing.
In other words, the liquidity buffer that had been propping up the system has run out.
That's why the market is feeling the pinch now.
And if the Fed doesn't act soon, a systemic shock could be the next chapter.