{"id":524116,"date":"2023-03-22T14:25:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=524116"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:55:34","slug":"will-qe-drive-bitcoin-and-crypto-to-new-all-time-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/will-qe-drive-bitcoin-and-crypto-to-new-all-time-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"Will QE Drive Bitcoin And Crypto To New All-Time Highs? Fidelity Exec Is Cautious"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Bitcoin and crypto community, there has been plenty of talk in recent days that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has fired up its money printer again with the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) and swap lines<\/a> for five other central banks around the world, effectively kicking off Quantitative Easing (QE).<\/p>\n

Generally, QE is considered one of the most bullish drivers for the Bitcoin price, but the one million dollar question is whether the Fed has actually started QE yet?<\/p>\n

Is QE Just Around The Corner?<\/h2>\n

Jurrien Timmer, Director of Global Macro at Fidelity Investments, takes<\/a> a different view than the broader market on this. In a Twitter thread, Timmer wrote that a return to QE is probably not yet imminent.<\/p>\n

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Are we about to see a return to QE? Probably not yet. It\u2019s worth remembering last fall, when the Bank of England (BoE) conducted temporary asset purchases to solve for an asset-liability mismatch similar to what we are seeing in the US now. \ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/bpafYjmo0A<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jurrien Timmer (@TimmerFidelity) March 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n