Bitcoin News
By Jean-Luc Maracon
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China's Regulations Are Doing a Lot of Heavy Lifting Here. The short answer is that liquidity and investable liquidity are two very different things, at…
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What Macro Liquidity Actually Does to Bitcoin. That said, it's worth stepping back and asking whether China's M2 growth matters at all for…
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The Broader Crypto Market Feels It Differently. Bitcoin might be sitting still, but the broader crypto market could still feel ripple effects from…
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China's M2 money supply just grew by more than $1 trillion. Bitcoin didn't blink.
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For traders who track global liquidity cycles, that's a pretty striking disconnect. M2 — which covers cash, checking deposits, and near-money instruments that convert easily — is…
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Analysts who follow the space have flagged this for a while. The regulatory wall China built around crypto activity doesn't disappear just because the central bank loosens…
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No official statement from Chinese regulators has come out suggesting any shift in that stance. Nothing from Beijing points toward a softening on crypto trading restrictions.
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Related: Nansen Founder Alex Svanevik Sees Bitcoin Floor at $60,000 as Tokenized Assets Reshape Blockchains
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Global M2 expansion — when you add up the money supply across major economies — has historically had some correlation with Bitcoin's longer-term price trends.
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Right now, Bitcoin's price stability seems to say that market participants are cautious. They're not rushing to deploy capital into digital assets just because liquidity…
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And Bitcoin has always had this quality — it doesn't always respond to traditional financial indicators the way you'd expect.
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Bitcoin might be sitting still, but the broader crypto market could still feel ripple effects from China's monetary expansion — just not immediately and not directly.
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More context: Canada Adds 75,000 Jobs in July While US Loses 23,000, Bitcoin Holds at $65K
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But there's a catch. Bitcoin's volatility is still a deterrent for a lot of institutional and retail players who might otherwise consider it a hedge.
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For now, the numbers are what they are. China's M2 grew by more than $1 trillion. Bitcoin didn't rally. The regulatory environment in China hasn't changed.
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