US market sell-off driven by liquidity squeeze, not crypto weakness
Reporting by Beincrypto indicates global markets sold off sharply this week, hitting cryptocurrencies, equities and even traditional safe havens like gold and silver in a synchronized decline that points to a broader liquidity shock rather than asset-specific weakness.
The report says the move reflected forced deleveraging as traders facing margin calls liquidated the most liquid assets first, including Bitcoin, gold and silver, and that the selling was mechanical rather than ideological. It adds that Federal Reserve actions—halting quantitative tightening and buying short‑dated Treasury bills—stabilized bank reserves and money‑market plumbing but did not lower borrowing costs for consumers, reduce mortgage rates, or encourage risk‑taking, so markets interpreted the moves as a sign of underlying stress.
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