According to Charlie Bilello, US stocks, home prices, gold, money supply, and national debt are at all-time highs, CPI inflation has averaged about 4% per year since January 2020, and the Federal Reserve cut rates today and will start quantitative easing on Friday (source: Charlie Bilello on X, Dec 10, 2025). For crypto traders, shifts toward rate cuts and QE indicate looser financial conditions that have been associated with higher beta risk performance, and crypto’s correlation with equities has strengthened in recent years under such conditions (source: IMF, Crypto Prices Move More in Sync With Stock Prices, 2022). Quantitative easing expands the central bank balance sheet and adds liquidity to the financial system, a macro backdrop traders often monitor for potential flows into Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) alongside other risk assets (source: Federal Reserve Board, explanation of quantitative easing; source: IMF, 2022; source: Charlie Bilello on X, Dec 10, 2025).