The more the Federal Reserve says it won’t cut rates, the harder BTC gets?


Last night’s non-farm payrolls blew up again—second consecutive month of beating expectations, unemployment at a low level, recession? That doesn’t exist.
The rates market has basically given up on the fantasy of rate cuts this year.
Following the old script: a strong dollar + high interest rates = the big cake collapses.
So what happened? BTC is still crouching near historical highs, sneering.
In the end, who’s wrong?
In the past: “Rate cuts are the engine that kickstarts a bull market.”
Everyone instinctively assumes: bad non-farm data → the economy cools → forced rate cuts → liquidity flooding in → BTC surges.
Now it’s been proven wrong twice in a row.
Non-farm payrolls are stronger and stronger each time, and rate cuts are farther away and farther away each time.
By that logic, BTC should have already returned to 50,000.
But it hasn’t.
Have you noticed one thing:
Interest rates above 5% have been in place for a full year now.
In this year, BTC climbed from over 50,000 to over 120,000.
The real driving force has never been “liquidity injected on the day of a rate cut,” but rather:
The inflation structure has changed (energy + geopolitics, not just simple overheating)
The monetization of fiscal deficits can’t be stopped (since no one is buying U.S. debt, there’s only an alternative-asset route)
BTC has been re-priced as a tool for “resisting a fiat-currency credit collapse”
To put it plainly:
It’s not because rates will fall that people buy BTC,
but because even when rates are high, they can’t save the dollar’s credit.
The hardest part isn’t missing the boat—it’s taking a new path with an old map.
Many people are still waiting for “non-farm payrolls blow up → a rate-cut signal → rush in,”
but every time non-farm beats expectations, BTC only dips for a needle’s width, then quickly pulls back.
Do you think it’s the big players propping it up?
No—it’s someone using every “false negative” to accumulate.
Because they know:
Iran war risk → energy shock → stagflation
Stagflation → rate cuts are impossible, but fiscal support is unavoidable
Support → money printing → BTC’s only real demand
Rate cuts are just the trigger; the real root cause is the credit itself.
Stop asking “Will rates be cut this week?”
Whether it’s cut or not this year, BTC won’t return to 50,000.
The real risk isn’t strong non-farm payrolls—it’s if non-farm suddenly collapses—
that’s when everyone runs toward BTC together.
High-level consolidation now?
That’s the patience of the strong, not the pressure on the weak.#Gate广场五月交易分享
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