Japan’s Debt Problem: What It Means for Bitcoin
Published: 2025-06-14
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Published: 2025-06-14
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Japanese government bonds are predicted to be an early indicator of potential global fiat currency instability.
"the market for Japanese government bonds could end up being the global fiat ponzies canary in the coal mine"
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The yen carry trade is described as a strategy where investors borrow yen at low rates and invest in higher-yielding global assets.
"the yen carry trade involves borrowing yen at Japan's historically negligible interest rates and plowing that money into higher yielding assets globally"
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Super long-dated Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) are exhibiting significant stress.
"the market for JGBs and particularly super long JGBs those with maturities of 20 30 or even 40 years have been showing serious signs of stress"
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Yields on 30-year JGBs have reached record highs, and 20-year JGB yields are at their highest since 2000, indicating increased borrowing costs for the Japanese government.
"yields on these bonds have been going through the roof recently with the 30-year JGB yields hitting record highs and the 20-year yield reaching its highest level since 2000"
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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is the primary purchaser of JGBs, buying approximately 120 trillion yen annually through quantitative easing.
"the biggest buyer of JGBs is the BOJ itself. it's been buying around 120 trillion yen or about 828 billion US worth of JGBs every year in a massive and prolonged exercise of quantitative easing"
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The BOJ is shifting towards quantitative tightening, reducing its annual JGB purchases from 120 trillion yen to around 80 trillion yen.
"the BOJ is pivoting to a kind of a quantitive tightening light which in practical terms means reeling in the bond binges scaling back from around 120 trillion yen of annual purchases to a pace closer to 80 trillion yen"
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A sale of 20-year JGBs in May experienced the lowest demand recorded since 1987.
"one particular sale of 20-year bonds recording the weakest demand since 1987"
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The volatility of super long-dated JGB yields has tripled due to deteriorating market liquidity.
"deteriorating liquidity has reportedly caused the volatility of super long JGB yield to triple"
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stated that Japan's financial situation is worse than Greece's.
"Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for one recently warned that Japan's finances were quote worse than Greece"
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The JGB market is described as the 'world's most dangerous market,' with rising long-end JGB yields attributed to 'JGB vigilantes' punishing the government.
"he calls the JGB market itself the quote world's most dangerous market and believes that long-end JGB yields ripping to record highs is the work of quote JGB vigilantes"
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The continued yen carry trade is causing significant downward pressure on the yen's value due to global borrowing and selling of yen for higher-yielding assets.
"the yen carry trade continues the whole world is still borrowing yen and selling it for high yielding foreign assets to capture the delta resulting in enormous downward pressure on the value of the yen"
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A weaker yen will increase the cost of imports for Japan, impacting essential goods like energy, food, and raw materials.
"a weaker yen makes imports more expensive which is bad news for an island like Japan that relies heavily on imports of energy food and raw materials"
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A rate hike by the BOJ could significantly devalue its own JGB holdings, leading to substantial losses on its balance sheet.
"since more than half of all outstanding JGBs are owned by the BOJ a rate hike would also nuke the value of the BOJ's own bond portfolio potentially leading to enormous losses on its balance sheet"
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Japan's monetary policy is subject to fiscal dominance, where government debt issues override the BOJ's mandate regarding inflation and unemployment.
"fiscal dominance where monetary policy is dictated by the government's debt predicament rather than the central bank's mandate to deal with inflation and unemployment"
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The BOJ raised its policy rate from -0.1% to 0.25% last year, and further to 0.5% in January, where it currently stands.
"the central bank last year hiked its official policy rate from minus0.1% to 0.25% and this was then raised to 0.5% in January a rate that remains in place at the time of making this video"
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Governor Ueda has stated the BOJ will not aggressively raise interest rates if underlying inflation is not strengthening.
"governor UEA had reiterated that the central bank would not quote forcefully raise interest rates when underlying inflation is stalling"
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The BOJ's current stance risks persistent inflation, currency devaluation, and a loss of credibility due to its large balance sheet.
"the BOJ is locked into maintaining an enormous balance sheet risking persistent inflation currency devaluation and terminal loss of its credibility"
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Japan holds approximately $1 trillion in US treasuries, making it the world's largest holder of US government debt.
"Japan is the world's largest holder of US government debt with Tokyo sitting on a trillion dollars worth of US treasuries"
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Japanese investors have reduced their participation in US bond auctions and have begun selling their US treasury holdings.
"Japanese investors have recently gone awall from US bond auctions and even started selling their holdings"
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The cost of hedging against yen strengthening against the dollar negates the yield on US assets for Japanese investors.
"the yield on these US assets is now largely canceled out by the cost of insuring against the yen suddenly strengthening against the dollar"
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A slow decline in demand for US government debt could signal the eventual collapse of the US dollar-based global financial system.
"a slow decline in demand that is later recognized as the deathnull of the US dollar-based global financial system"
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Bitcoin's price action has recently mirrored the all-time high yields on long-dated Japanese Government Bonds.
"the price action of Bitcoin at times appears to mirror the yields on longdated JGBs both of which recently touched new all-time highs"
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As Bitcoin's correlation with risk assets like the NASDAQ 100 decreases, its price tends to move in sync with long-term JGB yields.
"as the correlation between Bitcoin and traditional risk assets like the NASDAQ 100 falls Bitcoin's price has tended to move in tandem with the yields on long-term JGBs"
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Stress in the JGB market may indicate broader fiat currency instability.
"stress in the JGB market one of the world's largest sovereign debt markets could be an indicator of fiat instability"
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Investors may be shifting from government debt to harder assets like Bitcoin due to concerns about fiat instability.
"we may be witnessing investors derisking from government debt and seeking refuge in harder assets like Bitcoin"
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If Bitcoin continues to rise alongside JGB yields, it could signal that investors are pricing in a fundamental problem with the traditional financial system.
"if Bitcoin continues trending upwards in tandem with JGB yields a sign of fiat stress it could indicate that both markets are pricing in a deeper more structural problem with the traditional financial system"
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The BOJ printing large amounts of yen to purchase debt could lead to hyperinflation and a collapse of confidence in the yen.
"the BOJ's solution might be to print yen on a massive scale to buy up unwanted debt which sounds like a recipe for hyperinflation and complete collapse of confidence in the currency"
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Japan may sell US treasuries to stabilize its domestic markets or fund emergency measures.
"another possibility is the government and BOJ might liquidate some of their US treasuries to stabilize domestic markets or fund emergency measures"
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Global financial instability, as described, is likely to increase demand for hard assets like Bitcoin.
"all of this would likely drive demand for harder assets like Bitcoin"
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