Breaking news! A top Wall Street hedge fund has issued a nuclear-level warning: the market is completely wrong—the probability of a Fed rate hike in July is seriously underestimated. If they don’t raise rates, their credibility will collapse, and $BTC could be hit with a bloodbath.

Bro, let me tell you about something that concerns your position.

You know Citadel, right? That top-tier Wall Street hedge fund managing hundreds of billions of dollars. Their head of macro strategy, Frank Flight, just put out a report with very strong language—the market is seriously underestimating the probability of a Fed rate hike in July.

He says most people in the market are still stuck in the old framework, thinking the Fed is like a slow-moving old man who only acts when all the data is right in front of him. But Flight's view is clear: the Fed's framework has already shifted, from "inertia" to "adaptiveness."

What does that mean? Previously it was "data-driven," now it's "proactive"—the moment there's a hint of inflation, they act immediately, without waiting for it to materialize. The market hasn't priced in this shift at all.

Flight also cites the June FOMC meeting. He rates Fed Chair Warsh (the original text says Warsh, referring to Powell) as an "A+" on that move—breakeven inflation rates dropped, the yield curve flattened, the dollar strengthened, and risk assets had a brief pullback before being absorbed by the market.

What does this show? The market can handle consecutive, rapid "credibility rate hikes," even if they aren't fully priced in beforehand. If the Fed doesn't act at the July meeting, the credibility premium built earlier would be undermined, and Warsh's June stance would become empty words.

Now look at the technicals. Flight's own cross-asset model and U.S. Treasury cash flow data both point to higher yields. On May 19, he warned of a risk of a rapid strengthening in global duration, with two signals triggered simultaneously: one was the PC1 growth factor in the cross-asset decomposition model hitting a reversal threshold at +2 standard deviations, and the other was a surge in net Treasury buying intensity. May 19 marked a local peak in yields.

But now, both signals have reversed. The PC1 factor has moved more than 3 standard deviations in recent weeks and is currently at -1.17 standard deviations. Net Treasury selling intensity has clearly stepped up a notch. All signals point to the same conclusion: yields face further upside risk, and fixed income market pressure will intensify over the summer.

For the crypto market, what does this mean? It's clear: higher rates for longer, a stronger dollar, and risk appetite suppressed. For risk assets like $BTC and $ETH, don't expect the Fed to ease and lift the boat in the short term. The market may still see volatility, but with this macro sword hanging overhead, don't make any moves until it falls.


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