Crypto market steadies as Japan’s bond market chaos eases
Crypto market steadies as Japan’s bond market chaos eases
Crypto markets remain highly sensitive to bond yields, but a renewed spike in rates could quickly put bitcoin and other digital assets back under pressure.
What to know:
- Crypto prices stabilized on Thursday, with bitcoin hovering near $90,000 and ether above $3,000, after sharp swings earlier in the week.
- The rebound in Japan’s long-dated government bonds eased global borrowing costs and removed a key pressure point that had been weighing on bitcoin and other tokens.
- Crypto markets remain highly sensitive to bond yields, but a renewed spike in rates could quickly put bitcoin and other digital assets back under pressure.
Major cryptocurrencies steadied Thursday as Japan’s government bonds recovered for the second day in a row, easing a major economic worry that had dragged down bitcoin and other coins earlier this week
Bitcoin hovered near $90,000 during Asian trading hours after swinging sharply over the past 24 hours, while ether traded back above $3,000. Major tokens including solana, XRP and cardano also stabilized after steep losses earlier in the week, according to CoinGecko data.
The stabilization came as prices for Japan’s longer duration government bonds recovered, sending yields lower.
Yields on 30-year Japanese debt fell sharply after government officials called for calm, reversing part of a surge that had pushed borrowing costs to multi-decade highs.
The renewed stabilization in Japanese bonds doesn’t signal a return to risk-taking, but for now, it removes one of the immediate stress points that had forced traders into defensive mode early this week.
Japanese debt took a beating early this week, ratting global markets, including cryptocurrencies. It also lifted bond yields across the globe, including yields on Treasury notes, which underpin the global financial system.
Hardening of yields mattered for crypto because Japan’s debt market sits at the center of global capital flows. When long-dated Japanese yields spike, it raises global borrowing costs and encourages investors to pull money back into safer, interest-bearing assets.
That shift typically hurts speculative markets like crypto, which depend on easy financial conditions and abundant liquidity. Bitcoin slipped below $88,000 at one point as traders cut exposure, while altcoins fell even harder as leverage was flushed from the system.
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