Arthur Hayes: If the Federal Reserve engages in large-scale money printing to buy back U.S. Treasuries sold by Japan, it will boost a new round of cryptocurrency bull market
ChainCatcher news, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes analyzed in a personal blog post that Japan's fifth-largest bank, Norinchukin Bank, recently announced it will sell $63 billion worth of U.S. and European bonds. This suggests that other Japanese banks may follow suit, with total sales reaching up to $450 billion in U.S. Treasuries.Hayes pointed out that the reason for the large-scale selling of U.S. Treasuries by Japanese banks is the sharp widening of the U.S.-Japan interest rate differential, which has led to a significant increase in the foreign exchange hedging costs for holding U.S. Treasuries, resulting in losses from holding these bonds. In an election year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen is likely to ask the Bank of Japan to absorb these sold bonds through the Federal Reserve's FIMA repo tool, in order to prevent a sharp rise in U.S. Treasury yields and avoid turmoil in the financial markets.Hayes believes that if the Federal Reserve engages in large-scale money printing to repurchase the U.S. Treasuries sold by Japan, it will bring a new wave of dollar liquidity to the cryptocurrency market, fueling a new cryptocurrency bull market. He stated that to maintain the current dollar-based financial system, the supply of dollars must increase, which will undoubtedly drive up the prices of crypto assets, including Bitcoin.