This recent event really caught everyone off guard! The Federal Reserve suddenly changed its tone, and the entire crypto market instantly went into panic mode. Will BTC and ETH just lie flat from here? My judgment is quite the opposite—there’s an opportunity to make money hidden in this round of panic.

Once the December FOMC meeting minutes were released, the market’s rosy expectations for an easing policy were basically shattered. A group of Fed officials collectively shifted their stance, repeatedly stressing “inflationary pressures remain” and “the current interest rate level needs to be maintained,” which directly pushed next year’s rate cut expectations down to less than two times. This move made a lot of people panic and DM me, asking whether they should hurry up and sell everything to avoid risk.

Wait, don’t rush to make a decision. I’ve been watching the crypto market for eight years, and this is exactly when you need to stay calm. This isn’t a signal for a crypto winter—on the contrary, it’s a great time to filter out the real gold.

We need to first understand what this so-called “hawkish” stance really means.

Don’t be scared by talk like “rate cuts may be paused.” I read the meeting minutes carefully, and the core meaning is actually just one thing: the Fed is proactively deflating bubbles, not trying to push the market off a cliff. Even if they do cut rates, it’ll be a “gentle touch”—they want to control an inflation rebound, but also avoid a hard landing for the economy, so they’re deliberately talking tough to cool down the market.

For crypto assets, there’s definitely short-term pressure. The US Dollar Index has already started to rise, and the crypto market is always sensitive to changes in liquidity. But here’s the key: the “Powell shock” in October was a sudden attack—the market was completely unprepared; this time is different, it’s more like a heads-up, giving a buffer period. In my experience, the drop this time shouldn’t be more than half of last time.

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