As we turn the corner on three years as a publication, a lot has changed for TBL. The company has come a long way since I used to write an opinion piece only once a week. Now, we publish four times per week, disseminate several videos, host interactive Q&A sessions, and boast a motivated and razor sharp team of six people. One of those team members, Joe Consorti, has agreed to create content exclusively for his new company. We couldn’t be happier for his career ascent, and we’ll miss his writing and video contributions to The Bitcoin Layer. Thankfully, Joe isn’t going anywhere and has agreed to continue building this research firm from behind the scenes. That also means a little shakeup in the Weekly that you all know and love—our goal is to continue providing you extremely high-signal bitcoin and global macro analysis for free every Saturday morning, but it’ll have a slightly different feel. Welcome to TBL Weekly #109 — grab a coffee, and let’s dive in.
Unchained empowers you to fully control your Bitcoin with a collaborative multisig vault, where you hold two of three keys and benefit from a dedicated Bitcoin security partner. Purchase bitcoin directly into your cold storage vault and eliminate exchange risks with Unchained's Trading Desk. Unchained also offers the best IRA product in the industry, allowing you to easily roll over old 401(k)s or IRAs into Bitcoin while keeping control of your keys. Don’t pay more taxes than you need to. Use code TBL for $100 off when you create an account. What just happened to bitcoin and stocks?Friday was quite the red-candle day across the outer end of the risk spectrum. Bitcoin is now testing the lows and must hold support around $51,400 or experience another air pocket lower.
It doesn’t happen in isolation. Bitcoin is often completely controlled by global macro flows. While its own fundamentals give bitcoin its own unique return profile, directionally it trades with stocks, especially when correlations rise.
We observe that short-term and longer-term correlations are not only high but have been rising of late, indicating that the overall “flow” of the market is in charge of bitcoin, rather than any individual story or fundamental. Stocks are under immense scrutiny as the Fed gets started on rate cuts in less than two weeks. Baby rate cuts aren’t going to solve the problem that 5.5% policy rates pose to the economy. Only mega cuts will begin to address the slowdown to come. Yes, today’s economy is avoiding a recession, but the threat of an intense one grows with every basis point we move lower in the long end of the Treasury yield curve.
The headlines will read “worst week for stocks in a year or two,” but we go deep into the details, dangers, Fed reaction, and unknown timing of it all. For a full breakdown, don’t miss our global macro update from yesterday, complete with seven themes and tons of audience questions submitted by yourselves via social media Friday morning. Thank you for helping guide my analysis. These Friday updates have become the flagship videos of our growing channel and represent my best effort to summarize the week.  
And if you don’t have the 50 minutes to spare, here are some of the key insights covered in the video:
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If you don’t have the 36 minutes to spare, here are some of the key insights covered in the video:
Next, Nik interviewed housing market expert Melody Wright to discuss the current state of the housing market, specifically in Texas, Florida, and California. Melody explained how a decline in available inventory may be misleading, as many new builds remain unlisted, creating an illusion of scarcity. We also covered how high delinquency rates highlight a potential crisis brewing, and how a decline in foreign investment, particularly in California, puts additional pressure on home prices. Check out—Housing Market Crisis is Developing with Melody Wright 
If you don’t have the 34 minutes to spare, here are some of the key insights covered in the video:
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Take 15% off with code TBL. Get your Stamp Seed today! Every week, we bring you our global events recap TBL Thinks. In our latest edition, we covered how smaller sized startups are changing the US economy with an increase in small businesses but a decrease in the number of people they employ. We also discuss increased scrutiny of AI companies and explained the Japanese yen carry trade and its potential to dictate risk direction. For those that aren’t familiar with carry trade, here’s an excerpt from our letter to explain its basic mechanics: As the yen strengthens (it did after Japanese rate hikes attracted currency flows), yen borrowings must be paid back in depreciating currency (a declining USD), triggering the closure of long risk trades funded by cheaply borrowing JPY. If the roll of the carry trade becomes too expensive (a higher interest rate this time versus last), risk is sold and the yen is purchased to repay JPY loans.
Next Week with NikIn the week ahead, markets only need to contend with one major economic input with CPI on Wednesday, but we believe the markets are essentially “over it” in terms of the inflation story. The labor market is now the only concern of the Fed, and investors will wait to see how dovish the Fed will be on September 18th when rates are cut and QT is potentially nixed altogether. Treasury will auction 10- and 30-year securities, but don’t be fooled by charlatans nitpicking weak internals—Treasury yields that have been falling for months are the only signal you need on the appetite for these instruments. While nobody has ever looked at the US fiscal situation of late and tripped over their shoelaces to get a chance at the primary market, investors are clearly fighting with each other over their Treasury allocations nonetheless. Buyers of supposedly weak auctions over the past few months are laughing all the way to the bank, but more importantly at their fixed-income manager competitors that told clients rates would remain elevated amidst sticky inflation. Lower yields simply express the market sentiment over the time value of money—4% is a gift for 5-year Treasuries when rolling T-bills will only yield 2% by the end of next year (well within our range of expected outcomes). It does look like the Fed will begin with a 25 basis point rate cut so as to not spook the market that it is intensely worried. Only modestly. And in that debate between 25 or 50 basis point cuts, we are reminded of the stupidity in trying to forecast the Fed’s next move. The better strategy is to interpret the data so that you can see the next several months of action way before the Fed even knows it. We don’t have some crystal ball, just the Treasury market, some candlesticks, and a more-than-intermediate understanding of our layered money system. Our videos are on major podcast platforms—take us with you on the go! Keep up with The Bitcoin Layer by following our social media!
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
Bitcoin under pressure, worst week for risk since 2022: TBL Weekly #109
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