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Crypto News Today: Arthur Hayes Warns of Major Crypto Correction After March 2025 Peak

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  • Arthur Hayes predicts crypto market peak by March 2025, followed by a correction due to $180B liquidity drain from Fed's QT policy.

  • Hayes expects a short-term Bitcoin rally before a 2025 market correction, fueled by U.S. Treasury liquidity and tax deadlines in April.

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes has shared his bold prediction for the cryptocurrency market, stating that it will likely reach its peak by mid-March 2025, before experiencing a severe correction. Hayes explained his reasoning and wrote,

โ€œMy prediction is that the market peaks in mid to late March, so this equates to a removal of $180 billion worth of liquidity due to QT from January to March.โ€

The Liquidity Factor

Hayes points to the Federal Reserve’s quantitative tightening (QT) policy, which involves reducing the size of its balance sheet by $60 billion per month. This tightening has resulted in the removal of significant liquidity from the financial markets. Hayes predicts that by mid-March 2025, this policy will have drained $180 billion from the market, contributing to the peak of the crypto market.

The downturn in 2022, according to Hayes, was a result of similar liquidity issues. When U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued shorter-dated coupon bonds in place of longer-dated ones, it drained more than $2 trillion from the Fedโ€™s reverse repo facility (RRP). This reduced liquidity triggered declines in both crypto and stock markets, particularly affecting large U.S. tech stocks.

Short-Term Bullish Signal for Bitcoin

Despite the overall market correction expected in the second quarter of 2025, Hayes believes thereโ€™s a short-term bullish signal for Bitcoin. He explained that the U.S. Treasury would be spending down its general account (TGA) at the Federal Reserve, which would inject liquidity into the market, benefiting Bitcoinโ€™s price in the short term. Hayes also predicts that the reverse repo facility (RRP) will see its balance drop from $1.237 trillion to zero by the end of Q1 2025, further boosting liquidity.

This surge in liquidity will likely come from money market funds (MMFs) withdrawing funds from the RRP to purchase higher-yielding treasury bills. This could add up to $237 billion into the market during the first quarter of 2025, which Hayes believes will fuel a final crypto market rally.

Potential Challenges Ahead

However, Hayes also expects a bearish factor that could affect the market in April: tax deadlines. With April being a significant tax month in the U.S., Hayes warns that these deadlines could pose a challenge for the crypto market, potentially contributing to a sharp correction after the March peak.

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