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Markets Enter CPI Release With Yields Elevated and Rate-Cut Expectations Reduced

Markets are approaching today’s U.S. CPI release with inflation expectations already reflected across major asset classes.

The 10-year Treasury yield is holding near 4.54%, the U.S. dollar remains firm around DXY 100, and gold has retreated from recent highs.

Bitcoin is trading near $61,000-$62,000 and Ethereum around $1,625, while equities have softened following last week’s stronger-than-expected employment report.

Consensus forecasts point to headline CPI of 4.2% year-on-year and core CPI near 2.9%.

Recent moves in rates and currency markets suggest investors have reduced expectations for near-term Federal Reserve easing and are increasingly pricing a prolonged period of restrictive monetary policy.

A higher-than-expected inflation reading would reinforce current market positioning, supporting yields and the dollar while weighing on liquidity-sensitive assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and growth equities.

A softer reading would challenge recent repricing in rates markets, improving expectations for policy easing and supporting broader risk sentiment.

The most important signal following the release may come from the bond market. Treasury yields have led recent repricing across asset classes, and their direction after the CPI report will provide a clearer indication of whether investors expect inflation pressures to persist or begin moderating.

For Bitcoin and Ethereum, the outcome remains closely linked to liquidity expectations, making inflation data one of the key drivers of short-term market sentiment.

Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research


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Strong AI Capex Keeps Markets Focused on Growth Over Rate Cuts

Nvidia’s latest outlook and continued AI spending by major technology firms including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta suggest markets may need to further scale back expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve easing as growth remains resilient.

Over the past two years, stronger AI-related guidance and rising capital expenditure from hyperscalers have frequently coincided with elevated U.S. Treasury yields and reduced expectations for near-term rate cuts.

Markets increasingly view AI spending as a structural growth driver capable of supporting earnings resilience and broader economic activity despite restrictive monetary conditions.

For crypto markets, this matters because Bitcoin and Ethereum have increasingly traded like liquidity-sensitive risk assets during periods of strong technology momentum.

During major AI-led equities rallies since the post-ChatGPT cycle, BTC and ETH have shown strong correlation with the Nasdaq and large-cap technology stocks, with it often exceeding 0.7 during periods of positive earnings revisions and stronger AI spending expectations.

This suggests digital assets remain closely tied to broader risk sentiment and liquidity conditions. If AI spending continues supporting growth expectations and delaying aggressive Fed easing, crypto markets could continue benefiting from stronger technology-led risk appetite.

However, any slowdown in AI investment or weaker corporate spending signals may begin weighing on both technology equities and digital assets.

Ignacio Aguirre, CMO at Bitget


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Ethereum’s Bitcoin Slump May Be Nearing an End as CLARITY Act Gains Momentum

ETH’s underperformance against Bitcoin has largely been driven by capital rotating into BTC’s increasingly dominant “digital gold” narrative and stronger institutional demand.

While Bitcoin has captured more reserve-asset interest, Ethereum’s ecosystem remains robust with strong utility. With the ETH/BTC ratio near multi-year lows, the current divergence appears cyclical rather than structural.

The biggest catalyst for both assets is likely to be regulatory clarity. Progress on the CLARITY Act would reduce uncertainty and attract fresh institutional capital.

While Bitcoin would benefit from continued reserve-asset adoption, Ethereum could regain momentum as investors refocus on blockchain utility, tokenization and onchain financial activity.

The recent correction appears healthy rather than concerning. Leverage remains relatively low, volatility is subdued, and key support levels continue to hold, with Ethereum finding support around the $1,900-$2,000 range.

Looking ahead, expanding real-world asset tokenization, macro stabilization, and progress on the CLARITY Act could drive capital rotation back toward Ethereum, supporting a gradual recovery in the ETH/BTC ratio over the coming months.

Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research


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Rising Japanese Bond Yields Are Repricing Global Liquidity Conditions

Japanese government bond yields continued rising this week, with the 10-year JGB yield approaching 2.7%, increasing pressure on global funding markets.

For years, yen-funded carry trades have acted as a major source of low-cost liquidity flowing into U.S. Treasuries, equities, and higher-risk assets across global markets.

We saw similar episodes in 2022-2023 and again early 2025, when rising JGB yields contributed to carry trade unwinds, higher U.S. Treasury yields, and short-term volatility across equities and digital assets as funding costs increased and cross-border positioning adjusted.

Higher domestic yields in Japan may gradually pull some institutional capital back toward local fixed-income markets, particularly if global volatility remains elevated.

That could tighten liquidity conditions across equities, technology stocks, and crypto markets in the near term.

For digital assets, this reinforces a larger structural trend where sovereign bond markets are becoming increasingly important drivers of crypto price action alongside ETF flows and institutional positioning.

BTC and ETH are no longer trading purely on crypto-native narratives but are reacting more directly to the same liquidity, interest-rate, and macro signals shaping global financial markets.

Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research


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Consumer Resilience and AI Spending Continue Delaying Aggressive Fed Easing

U.S. Consumer Confidence data reinforced market positioning around steady growth rather than recession risk.

Treasury yields remained elevated, with the 10-year yield holding near 4.5%, while expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve rate cuts moved further into 2026.

The data reflects a market environment where resilient consumer activity, persistent inflation pressures, and AI-led capital spending are keeping financial conditions tighter for longer.

AI infrastructure investment remains a major driver of global capital allocation. Hyperscalers continue deploying large-scale spending into semiconductors, datacenters, networking infrastructure, and compute capacity, sustaining strength across technology equities and broader risk assets.

Sustained gains in AI-linked equities are also helping maintain spending activity and broader market resilience despite tighter financial conditions.

Growing institutional participation is increasing crypto markets’ sensitivity to macroeconomic data tied to consumer activity, Treasury yields, and technology investment cycles.

Despite elevated yields and delayed Fed easing expectations, BTC and ETH continue benefitting from institutional flows and positioning tied to long-term productivity and liquidity expansion trends.

Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research


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Prediction Markets Are Emerging as Real-Time Infrastructure for Pricing Uncertainty

Prediction markets are quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing information layers in finance.

The market is no longer waiting for analysts or quarterly reports to interpret events, It’s pricing probabilities in real time.

Global prediction market trading volume grew from roughly $16 billion in 2024 to approximately more than $60 billion in 2025, while monthly trading activity increased from around $1.2 billion in early 2025, and peaked at about $25 billion in early 2026.

Elections, central bank meetings, geopolitical events, and sports are increasingly becoming tradable information flows, with users allocating capital directly around outcomes rather than simply reacting after the fact.

Prediction markets represent a structural shift in how markets process information. Traditional systems publish expectations periodically; prediction markets update continuously. Every new headline, macro event, or policy shift immediately changes probabilities and prices.

This aligns closely with a broader evolution we are seeing across the industry. As digital asset markets expand into tokenized assets, stablecoins, and broader onchain financial systems, prediction markets are emerging as another layer of blockchain-based infrastructure.

These platforms increasingly reflect how financial markets are evolving toward 24/7, event-driven systems capable of processing liquidity, sentiment, and pricing signals continuously across global markets.

Ignacio Aguirre, CMO at Bitget


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FOMC Minutes Highlight AI’s Growing Impact on Inflation and Liquidity

The latest FOMC meeting minutes revealed that Federal Reserve officials are increasingly focused on persistent inflation risks tied to energy prices, tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and strong investment spending linked to AI infrastructure expansion.

Several participants indicated additional tightening could become necessary if inflation remains elevated, reinforcing expectations that rates could remain restrictive for longer as the Federal Reserve faces a slower path toward returning inflation to its 2% target.

AI infrastructure spending is becoming large enough to influence liquidity conditions and capital allocation across global markets. Hyperscalers are projected to spend between $600-$800 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, with capital flowing aggressively into datacenters, semiconductors, networking equipment, and power systems.

Datacenter financing surpassed $61 billion over the past year, while large-scale AI infrastructure projects increasingly rely on multi-billion-dollar private debt facilities.

This is contributing to tighter demand across electricity, copper, specialized hardware, and high-skill labor markets.

The inflationary effects of AI investment may emerge before productivity gains offset them. AI-skilled workers now command an estimated 56% wage premium, while AI-exposed industries are seeing wages rise roughly twice as fast as non-exposed sectors.

At the same time, several Fed participants noted businesses are reassessing hiring plans as automation adoption accelerates.

For digital asset markets, the implications extend beyond rate expectations alone. Prolonged restrictive monetary conditions could continue limiting capital flows across speculative segments of global markets.

At the same time, rising AI-related investment is increasing demand for stablecoin settlement, realtime collateral movement, and always-on digital payment infrastructure supporting global capital flows.

Ignacio Aguirre, CMO at Bitget


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SEC Innovation Exemption Could Push Tokenized Equities Toward a $500B Market

The SEC’s reported “innovation exemption” framework for tokenized equities signals a major shift in how U.S. regulators approach blockchain-based financial markets.

The proposal could enable tokenized versions of public equities to trade under a clearer regulatory framework while accelerating institutional participation across tokenized securities, stablecoins, and onchain capital markets over the next 12-24 months.

Tokenized real-world assets have already expanded from roughly $5.4 billion in 2023 to more than $23 billion globally in 2026, while tokenized public equities grew from approximately $32 million to above $1 billion over the past year alone.

Stablecoin supply has also reached roughly $323 billion after growing 49% in 2025, increasingly functioning as settlement and liquidity rails across digital asset markets.

Under a clearer U.S. framework, tokenized equities could expand toward a $150 billion to $500 billion market over the next decade by capturing a small portion of global equities trading activity.

The biggest impact would likely come from settlement efficiency and capital mobility. Traditional equity markets still largely rely on T+1 settlement cycles and fragmented clearing systems. Blockchain-based equities could move markets closer toward near real-time settlement while enabling stablecoins to function actively as collateral across trading environments.

This improves capital efficiency across cross-border trading, collateral reuse, after-hours execution, and multi-asset portfolio management.

Crypto-native platforms may hold structural advantages in this environment due to existing capabilities around 24/7 trading, unified collateral systems, integrated stablecoin liquidity, and onchain market access.

As tokenized securities markets mature, the distinction between crypto exchanges, brokerages, and capital markets providers may continue narrowing.

Tokenization is increasingly shifting from experimental products toward regulated financial markets supporting equities, commodities, funds, and broader capital markets activity.

Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research


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BTC Holds Firm as Oil and Gold Reflect Rising Macro Pressure

Today’s market snapshot shows BTC consolidating around $77,000 and ETH near $2,150 after recent dips, while gold holds steady near $4,540 and Brent oil trades above $110 amid geopolitical tensions.

These trends make crypto’s role more evident as an emerging asset class that moves alongside traditional safe havens like gold, offering investors valuable diversification in a volatile macro environment.

BTC/ETH direction

BTC is holding up alongside surging oil above $110 and gold sustains $4,  cn remains concentrated around the most liquid digital assets while macro conditions remain unstable.

Progress around the CLARITY Act in the U.S. matters because institutional capital typically scales when market structure, custody standards, and compliance frameworks improve together.

Crypto markets are increasingly being shaped by the same liquidity, regulatory, and macro conditions influencing broader global capital flows.

Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research


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CLARITY Act Could Shape a $1T Stablecoin Market and $10T Tokenization Opportunity

The proposed U.S. CLARITY Act is becoming one of the most important regulatory developments for the digital asset industry.

The focus is now shifting from whether crypto should exist to how digital asset markets may operate within a formal financial framework.

The legislation focuses on exchange registration, custody standards, customer asset segregation, stablecoin oversight, and clarifying jurisdiction boundaries between the SEC and CFTC.

Political timing will likely play a major role in determining whether the U.S. becomes a leader in regulated digital asset infrastructure or remains fragmented across overlapping state and federal frameworks.

If the bill does not make meaningful progress before August, the probability of passage in 2026 could fall below 35% as election priorities take over.

A delay would likely prolong uncertainty around licensing, custody, and trading infrastructure. If the legislation advances before August, compliant U.S. crypto trading activity could expand 3-5x by late 2026 as institutional participation accelerates.

A clearer regulatory structure could accelerate stablecoin adoption faster than markets currently expect. The stablecoin sector currently stands at roughly $320 billion.

It could grow toward a $1 trillion market by the end of 2026 if banks, payment providers, and corporates continue integrating stablecoins into treasury management, cross-border settlement, and 24/7 payments infrastructure. Stablecoins are increasingly evolving into financial rails beyond crypto trading.

If frameworks around custody, investor rights, and settlement continue maturing, onchain assets could represent close to 10% of global regulated financial assets over the next decade.

That translates to a potential $3.5 trillion base case, with estimates reaching up to $10 trillion under stronger institutional adoption. Tokenization is moving into Treasury markets, private credit, real estate, and institutional collateral management.

Gracy Chen, CEO at Bitget


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