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The Fed Just Blinked: The $40B “Stealth” Ramp & The Bitcoin Divergence

Liquidity is hitting new all-time highs, but Bitcoin is lagging. Here is why the "Green Light" just flashed and how I am positioning for the January effect.

December 12, 2025by @DurdenBTC

If you watched the FOMC presser, you saw it: Jerome Powell didn’t just cut rates by 25bps; he effectively admitted the Fed knows liquidity needs to be injected (ie: Not-QE QE).

We are seeing a massive divergence right now. On one hand, Global Liquidity has broken out to new all-time highs. On the other, Bitcoin price action looks asleep, stuck in a bearish trend on high timeframes.

Let’s be precise. This isn’t the 2020 bazooka where they injected $3.5 trillion in a year. This is a “gradual print”—a steady upward slope designed to fix the plumbing.


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