Dogecoin co-creator and trader Alex Kruger have been discussing the reason for the sudden bullish reverse of the cryptocurrency market this week
Billy Markus, one of the two founders of the original DOGE meme coin, took to Twitter to notice growth in cryptocurrency and stock markets, urging the community to suggest his reasons.
He got a response from economist and trader Alex Kruger, who named a likely reason for this reverse.
“Clear reason: pivot of the Fed”
Kruger shared what he believes is the cause of the current bullish reversal in crypto and stock prices – the recent “subtle, but impressive” shift in Fed policy from hawkish to dovish.
When Markus asked him to elaborate, Kruger tagged his earlier tweets about that.
On July 17, Kruger tweeted about it, saying the week ahead would be good for risky assets, which include Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Back on that day, chairman of the US Fed Reserve Jerome Powell announced the new goal of the Fed to return to the 2 percent inflation level, reducing it from the present record high of 40 years. This came after the US central bank first raised the key interest rate by 25 basis points March, 50 basis points in May and then recently by 75 points in June in an attempt to harness the rapidly rising inflation.
Bitcoin adds 7.63%, Ethereum gains 17.66%
Over the past two days, the two largest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, along with the majority of other coins in the crypto market.
The flagship crypto BTC has surged, adding 7.63 percent and is now trading at $21,398. The second largest crypto has gone up nearly 18 percent, rising from $1,048 to the $1,1233 level. As of this writing, however, Ethereum is changing hands at $1,226.
“The Crypto Ice Age”
While before this rise, many were talking about a new crypto winter that could last around 3-4 years, regular crypto critics predicted another collapse of Bitcoin to the $10,000 level and lower, among them Goldbug Peter Schiff, founder of SchiffGold wealth management funds.
Another famous Bitcoin opponent, expert trader and philosopher, author of “Black Swan”, “Antifragile” and other books Nassim Taleb, according to his recent tweet, believe that the term “crypto winter” cannot be applied to the near future of the digital assets market as it assumes a temporary seasonal state.
What he suggests should be replaced by a “crypto ice age” – is his long-term prediction of falling crypto prices.
