Japan has emerged from its Lost Decades, a 30-year period of economic stagnation. This recovery was partly built on a prolonged low-interest-rate policy. However, rate hikes now threaten the cheap-yen trade that funds a significant portion of crypto and global risk assets. Investors have long borrowed yen at low rates to invest in higher-yielding assets elsewhere, and this dynamic is now at risk.
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