XRP benefited more than most from that constant flow. Its smaller market depth and higher speculative positioning made it especially responsive to marginal liquidity shifts. But that dynamic is reversing. Japan's policy rate jumped to 0.75% in December 2025 and economists widely expect at least 1.0% by mid-2026.For years, the yen-funded carry trade quietly pumped liquidity into risk assets without most investors noticing the mechanism. Traders borrowed yen at near-zero rates and deployed the capital into hi ...

The Bank of Japan is preparing to raise interest rates at its December policy meeting, a shift that would lift the country’s benchmark rate to its highest level since 1995 and potentially reverberate through global risk markets, including crypto. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that policymakers are leaning toward a 25-basis-point hike to 0.75% at the Dec. 19 meeting, contingent on no major shock to global markets or Japan’s domestic outlook. The yen strengthened after the report, climbing ...