Macro investor and fund manager Dan Tapiero is identifying what could be the catalyst that could fuel a comeback for Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto.

In a new interview on the Milk Road YouTube channel, Tapiero says that monetary policies need to align before digital assets can truly take off.

Tapiero says Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently “holding back” on policy shifts – but once he acts, the macro investor believes Bitcoin and the broader crypto market will soar.

“[Fiscal tightening] needs to be offset by some sort of monetary offset to keep things in balance [so] the economy doesn’t have too aggressive [of] a pullback in liquidity [and] in demand side drivers. Fiscal policy has been contributing to demand, and now it’s not, and I think monetary policy needs to offset that and the dollar is already sensing that and that’s why it’s weakened…

Ideally, in a perfect world, [Treasury Secretary] Bessent and Trump or whoever should have gone down to Jay Powell and said, ‘Hey guys, we’re going to be undertaking the greatest fiscal tightening of the last 50 years, give us some slack on the monetary side, let’s work together on this…’

But Powell for whatever reason is really holding back here, and I think the next few months the data will confirm that he needs to move and that’ll help Bitcoin and the whole digital asset ecosystem – Ethereum, Solana, the whole world sort of take off again because there is a part of our world that is driven by this liquidity from the old world.”

According to Tapiero, relying on liquidity from traditional finance will be necessary no matter how strong Bitcoin and decentralized finance (DeFi) present themselves and if his conditions are met, BTC could rally close to $200,000.

“Regardless of the good fundamentals that are relating to Bitcoin, regardless of the good fundamentals relating to some of the other projects and the activity in the space, the growth of DeFi, stablecoins, even non-fungible tokens (NFTs) might be coming back a little bit, so I think you just have a little bit of liquidity from the old world come in [and] you have Bitcoin head up to my target, [which] has been $180,000 for a long time.”

BTC is trading for $103,159 at time of writing, a marginal increase on the day.

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Macro investor and fund manager Dan Tapiero believes Bitcoin (BTC) could turn bullish amid a potential change in US monetary policy.

In a new thread on the social media platform X, Tapiero says the uncertainty caused by tariffs is having a “growth-dampening impact” on both the US and China.

According to the macro investor, the Federal Reserve could consequently be forced to cut rates, just like China’s central bank already has, catapulting Bitcoin to a rally of over 2x from the current level.

“If US slows hard, could Fed get to 1.4% -250bps (basis points) from here?

Imagine how high Bitcoin would [go] in that scenario.

$200,000+”

Bitcoin is trading at $97,095 at time of writing.

Earlier this week, the central bank of the world’s second-largest economy, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), announced it would reduce its policy rate it charges commercial banks for short-term loans by 10 basis points from 1.5% to 1.4%.

The PBOC also announced it will lower the reserve requirement ratio, or the amount of cash that commercial banks must hold in reserves, by 50 basis points, per CNBC. Lowering the reserve requirement ratio is expected to release additional liquidity amounting to around one trillion yuan, approximately $138.5 billion, to the market.

Earlier this month, Tapiero said consumer expectations on the US economy have fallen to levels last witnessed during the Global Financial Crisis in March of 2009. The corrective measures that could be taken, argued Tapiero, would impact Bitcoin positively.

“This is extreme data. Much lower rates and US dollar needed to offset fiscal austerity. Fiat debasement equals +BTC.”

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Macro investor and fund manager Dan Tapiero says he remains long-term bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) amid a correction that has seen the flagship crypto asset fall by around 24% from the all-time high recorded in January.

In a new interview on the Wolf of All Streets YouTube channel, Tapiero says that Bitcoin could appreciate by around 117% from the current level after a period of trading sideways.

“I always expected us to spend months consolidating around $100,000. I think we’re going to chop up back and forth between $70,000 and $100,000 to digest all this news. And at some point, we’re going to head back up. And I have had this $180,000 target in mind for a while.”

On when Bitcoin could reach the $180,000 price target, Tapiero says,

“I know some people have been more aggressive but I think this bull phase, we can hit that [$180,000] this year or potentially early next year. But I’m thinking more this year.”

According to Tapiero, Bitcoin has posted positive returns from its mid-2023 levels, urging investors to zoom out and not get caught up by the current correction.

“So it’s just the way markets work right – you got 85% or 90% bulls up at $100,000 and now you’re down at, what is it? 15%? And people are despondent, they think the world is over and yet it’s at $80,000 which is still up you know 2x, 3x from 18 months ago. It’s pretty, pretty incredible.”

Bitcoin is trading at $82,940 at time of writing.

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