Japan Holds Rates Steady—Crypto Markets Brace for Turbulence Ahead
Bank of Japan doubles down on monetary patience as crypto traders sweat the implications.
### Yield-starved markets face another dry season
With Kuroda's ghost still haunting the BOJ's negative-rate policy, risk assets lose their favorite liquidity punchbowl. Bitcoin whales eyeing JPY pairs now face their old nemesis: stability.
### The carry trade hangover no one ordered
Zero-rate limbo means one less arbitrage playground for crypto leverage junkies—just when altcoins needed volatility like oxygen. Traders whisper about 'policy divergence plays' while secretly longing for 2021-style money printers.
Memo to crypto bros: When the last 'free money' faucet starts squeaking, maybe time to rethink those 100x longs. Or not—we've seen this horror movie before.
