MarketPR

$BTC and $FIAT Fall Together as Rate-Hike Bets Collapse Every Hedge

6/4/2026

The relief rally that had lifted $BTC off last week's lows is unwinding, and this time it is taking $FIAT — gold — and tech stocks down with it.

Traders are bracing for an incoming US inflation print, and the Fed under Kevin Warsh is showing no appetite to pivot.

When rate-hike bets rise, assets that are supposed to protect against different risks tend to stop protecting anything at all.

The Mechanism: One Trade Hitting Every Hedge The notable feature of the current selloff is not that bitcoin is falling — that is unremarkable — it is that $BTC and $FIAT are falling simultaneously.

Keep reading

Read the full story

Open on MarketPR