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Rate cuts have happened.
But what about Altseason?
Jerome Powell quietly dropped the actual bomb:
The Fed will buy $40B worth of Treasury bills in the next 30 days.
I think its the real QE Signal
Because this isn’t how a central bank behaves when it wants to fight inflation.
This is how a central bank behaves when it wants to bring liquidity back into the system.
And liquidity is the core of crypto.
Especially high-beta altcoins.
This move signals something bigger:
👉 Liquidity Is Coming Back
"Reserve balances are too low"
- The Fed openly admitted this. Low reserves trigger bill purchases.
When reserves rise, risk assets breathe.
"Banks need breathing room"
- Short-term funding is tightening. Bill buying smooths the plumbing and stabilizes flows.
"Crypto tracks net liquidity, not Powell’s script"
- BTC, ETH, and high-beta alts move on liquidity injections more than macro speeches.
"This is a soft pivot in disguise"
- When the Fed starts buying short-dated T-bills again, it’s setting the stage for easier financial conditions.
And here's the part people overlook:
🔸 It’s not QE, but it’s the first real step toward easing since the hiking cycle ended.
🔸 The market will digest the cut, but liquidity operations decide the next trend.
🔸 Once QE officially starts, that’s when Altseason truly detonates.
We’re closer than the timeline suggests.