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According to Edward Dowd, the call from Treasury Secretary Bessent was heeded, source: Edward Dowd on X. Japan’s central bank kept its key policy rate at 0.75% as the country prepares for a snap election on Feb 8, source: CNBC International. The BOJ upgraded GDP forecasts to 0.9% for fiscal year 2025 and 1.0% for fiscal year 2026, source: CNBC International. Board member Hajime Takata proposed raising the policy rate to 1%, but the motion was defeated, source: CNBC International. The source report contained no cryptocurrency-specific guidance, source: CNBC International.

According to @KobeissiLetter, liquidity in Japan’s government bond market has collapsed as the JGB Liquidity Index jumped to 9.5 on Tuesday, marking the worst liquidity conditions on record (source: @KobeissiLetter). The post adds that the index has doubled over the past 12 months and that stress is unfolding in a roughly $7.6 trillion market, a backdrop that flags higher execution risk for rates strategies and warrants close monitoring of cross-asset liquidity, including FX and crypto risk proxies (source: @KobeissiLetter).

According to @justinsuntron, Lista DAO outlined a three-step path to earn around 20% on UTechStables $U by collateralizing BTCB, slisBNB, PT-USDe, or solvBTC, borrowing U at rates as low as 0.04%, and depositing the borrowed U into HTX Earn. Sources: Justin Sun X post https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/2009884934467661867; Lista DAO X post https://x.com/lista_dao/status/2009598218552725744 The Lista U Vault on BSC is provided for borrowing U against supported collateral. Source: Lista U Vault page https://lista.org/lending/vault/bsc/0x9a17fd5cb8efc25d11567e713ae795a89775a759?tab=vault&utm_source=x&utm_medium=promo&utm_campaign=1.9 The +20% yield is presented as an HTX Earn offering for U and linked by Lista DAO. Sources: Lista DAO X post https://x.com/lista_dao/status/2009598218552725744; HTX Earn product page https://www.htx.com/en-us/financial/earn/h5/newDetail?activeTab=1 Based on the stated 0.04% borrow and +20% deposit rates, the implied gross carry spread is approximately 19.96% before platform fees or program terms, constituting a collateralized borrow-to-earn carry trade between Lista lending and HTX Earn. Sources: Lista DAO X post https://x.com/lista_dao/status/2009598218552725744; HTX Earn product page https://www.htx.com/en-us/financial/earn/h5/newDetail?activeTab=1

According to @glassnode, the 1-week volatility risk premium has remained positive since the latest FOMC, indicating implied volatility is above realized volatility and supporting carry from short-volatility positioning. source: @glassnode on Dec 19, 2025, glassno.de/4oZhPhj This regime favors volatility sellers as IV continues to compress into year-end, with hedging flows helping keep realized moves contained. source: @glassnode on Dec 19, 2025, glassno.de/4oZhPhj