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Japan’s shift from Treasury buyer to seller could lift global yields, tighten liquidity, and sharpen Bitcoin’s role in the sovereign debt debate.
A Bitcoin-settled insurance mechanism for Strait of Hormuz would turn Bitcoin’s “neutral money” thesis into a geopolitical test case.
The committee vote gives crypto a policy signal, but holders, banks, and exchanges still need the Senate to turn it into rules.
Bitcoin has moved from a failed push above $82,000 to a test of the $78,000 support zone, as rising US Treasury yields and inflation fears continue to pressure risk assets.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost roughly 14,000 BTC this week, ending a six-week inflow streak as hotter inflation data forced markets to reassess risk exposure.
Bond yields and oil are already near stress levels, but a 2008-style break still needs confirmation from credit spreads, volatility, and financial conditions before Bitcoin faces its real macro test.
A $1.38B Bitcoin sale would likely be digestible if handled off-market. The bigger risk is that Strategy’s Bitcoin pile is now explicitly listed as a funding source.
Higher US yields are weakening institutional demand while stablecoins and tokenized Treasurys attract cautious crypto capital.
Kraken is rebuilding how Bitcoin moves through DeFi after the KelpDAO shock.
