Episode 28: Crypto Markets Crash On Global Risk Liquidation

In this week’s podcast, Imran Lakha and David Brickell go over the recent meltdown in markets and what has triggered the unwind of the famous Yen carry trade.

David explains the macro implications and whilst there has been damage done to short-term positions, the consequence of recent turmoil is that it likely brings us closer to the FED turning on the liquidity taps again. Imran also catches up with John Kim and Beimnet Abebe from Galaxy Digital to discover what they’ve been seeing through the recent market madness.

The following topics is covered:

0:00 – Introduction 0:44 – Thoughts on Japan’s Macroeconomics and Last Week’s Crypto Market 5:02 – Macroeconomic Problems and Global Impact 9:46 – Is the Flush Out done yet? U.S. Economic Data and Vol Spikes 14:48 – Impact on Dollar-Yen, Lower Rates? & Liquidity comes back 18:37 – Hedging in place during this big surge in VOL? 23:23 – Special guests: John Kim and Beimnet Abebe from Galaxy Digital 29:02 – The development of the crypto landscape and Selling Vol 34:28 – Retail and institutional demand for Bitcoin ETF options 37:39 – Structured Products in Crypto 39:32 – Time to Buy the Dip in Crypto? 44:06 – Risk Assets on Pressure & Current Trade from Beimnet 49:52 – Key takeaways: Huge Spike in Minutes on BTC

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