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Why is Bitcoin’s post-FOMC volatility expected to spike?
Liquidity is rotating into Bitcoin perps while spot buyers stay sidelined, creating a leveraged, fragile rally.
What role is Binance’s stablecoin liquidity playing?
With $42 billion stacked, it’s acting as dry powder that could absorb risk or fuel rapid moves, depending on market rotation.
Over the past four days, Tether [USDT] has issued $3 billion in USDT.
What’s more, Binance’s stablecoin reserves have climbed to $42 billion, an all-time high. Technically, that’s $10 billion+ stacked in 2025 so far, highlighting the massive dry powder building underneath.
Backing this, September alone has seen $5 billion flow in. That’s 50% of this year’s total inflows. Clearly, Binance is looking set to front-run a post-FOMC volatility swing, with Bitcoin [BTC] right at the center of the action.
Source: CryptoQuant
In November 2024, during the U.S. election period, Binance boosted its stablecoin reserves from $18 billion to $32 billion, a move that aligned with Bitcoin’s 54.3% rally to its all-time high of $108,000.
In simple terms, Binance nearly doubled its liquidity as BTC rallied.
Fast-forward to today: a $3 billion USDT issuance and $5 billion in inflows to Binance suggest this isn’t random.
The exchange appears to be stockpiling liquidity ahead of the upcoming FOMC meeting.
The question now is whether this strategic buildup will translate into market upside.
Bitcoin volatility ahead as spot and perps diverge
Bitcoin’s post-FOMC path depends on liquidity rotation.
Notably, spot vs. perp flows are diverging, but structurally BTC is holding. Since the late-August drop to $107k, it’s carved three lower lows, each sparking bullish rebounds and taking out key resistance zones.
Yet, BTC’s spot CVD is diving, hitting a multi-month low of -397.3k. This number signals that despite the rally, spot buyers aren’t stepping up.
In this context, liquidity is rotating into perps, fueling the move with leverage.
Source: Coinalyze
Simply put, the current rally has legs, but if perp positions unwind, Bitcoin could see a sharp retracement. Against this backdrop, Binance’s stacked stablecoin liquidity looks like a ticking time bomb.
Liquidity chasing derivatives means any post-FOMC rally could fizzle fast.
Consequently, late longs could get trapped, sending Bitcoin into a volatility loop. In this setup, rising stablecoin balances act as a hedge, ready to rotate or absorb risk as the market reacts.
