{"id":22907,"date":"2025-12-01T08:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/?p=22907"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:01:32","slug":"understanding-crypto-market-crash-what-caused-bitcoins-plunge-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/crypto-news\/understanding-crypto-market-crash-what-caused-bitcoins-plunge-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Crypto market crash: What caused Bitcoin ‘s plunge today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japan Triggers Red Alert Across Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The catalyst for this crash is purely macroeconomic. For the first time since 2008<\/strong>, the yield on 2-year Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) has broken through the symbolic threshold of 1%<\/strong>. This sudden surge reflects renewed expectations of a rate hike by the Bank of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japanese bonds puking on renewed expectations of rate hike: Sends 2Yr JGB yield above 1% for the first time since 2008, and Nikkei tumbles. And since Bitcoin always correlates with anything that's down, we have a 4% dump in Bitcoin in Asian trading. pic.twitter.com\/dL0Uc4bYD2<\/a><\/p>— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>