Published 20 Sept 2026, 02:59 UTC · fetched 19 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC
Raoul Pal
@RaoulGMI
In reply to · 19 Sept 2026, 22:38 UTC · context given to the AI
I can understand the argument that a large refinancing cycle eventually forces more accommodation, but wouldn’t the catalyst that actually forces that accommodation likely be some combination of recession, credit stress or Treasury market dysfunction? And if so, why should we assume the first phase is liquidity creation rather than liquidity destruction as collateral gets hoarded, dealer balance sheets tighten, the dollar firms and leverage comes out of the system? That’s where I’m struggling with using BTC’s relative strength as confirmation that the liquidity phase has already begun. Bitcoin is also one of the most liquid 24/7 assets available, which makes it exactly the kind of thing that can get sold when investors need cash quickly. Couldn’t the same event that ultimately becomes very bullish for BTC through the policy response initially be violently bearish because BTC gets liquidated before the Fed or Treasury is forced to respond? So what specifically in today’s market plumbing makes you believe the accommodation phase arrives before the deleveraging phase rather than after it? And if BTC does get hit first while the longer term liquidity thesis remains intact, wouldn’t others logically experience an even more severe version of that same liquidation before the eventual reflation?We've got to the phase where the servicing of debt is everything and recessions or market collapse collapses are not allowed. The answer is to turn on the printing press via the central bank balance sheet or other measures of liquidity. We learned that in 2020 because an indebted system cannot allow the collateral to collapse, but yes, acceleration in liquidity usually requires stress but once you understand this, you understand that stress is the opportunity and not the risk, that's when you buy everything Essentially, the big left tail has been removed from markets. All they have to do is devalue the denominator and assets go upView original on X ↗
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