Getting rich trading XRP on US Treasuries headlines
The US bond market is the loudest XRP signal that too many traders ignore.
The 30-year US Treasury just printed a 5% auction yield for the first time since 2007, and XRP is sitting at $1.36.
Those two numbers are not a coincidence. They are my trade.
If you have been following me for years, you know that I have been coaching everyone about this setup for months. Yields up, XRP down. Yields down, XRP up.
This week’s “bond market meltdown” (i.e. lower values, higher yields) is a macro dream right now for XRP traders, and I am profiting from it.
The Treasury Department sold $25 billion of 30-year bonds at a 5% yield.
😳 5% 😳
The 30-year is now sitting at 5.12%, the highest level in nearly 20 years. The 10-year is at 4.59%. These are the highest readings in years, and they have ripped 70 basis points higher since the start of the Iran war.
When yields move like that, risk-on assets bleed. It’s not complicated.
Higher yields mean less expendable capital in the hands of consumers, traders, and institutions.
Less capital means less money flowing into crypto. Bitcoin dropped under $77,000 over the weekend with more than $670 million in liquidations. XRP came right along for the ride.
Yields up, XRP down.
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I catch up on all the news from yesterday and today (there are tons of headlines, thank you to the subscribers who support me scanning for them!),
I capture a beautiful XRP setup (boys, she’s a beauty!) for active traders like myself.
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Here’s what is actually driving the bond market right now.
Inflation is hot, with US CPI on track to push above 5% this year. The Fed has a mandate to keep inflation under control. WTI crude is hovering around $101 a barrel and Brent near $106, because the Strait of Hormuz remains a powder keg, and NATO is now openly discussing deploying troops there if it does not reopen by July.
Moody’s has the US sitting on over $36 trillion in debt at 124% of GDP. More bad news. But Kevin Warsh was just confirmed as Fed chair on May 13, and he’ll be good for liquidity.
Nevertheless, despite Warsh being a pro-liquidity crypto bull, the market is re-pricing for effectively zero rate cuts through the end of 2026.
So every time a bad inflation print drops, every time an oil tanker gets harassed, every time a US Treasury bond auction comes in soft, yields rip higher and XRP…