Last night, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell uttered that decisive phrase— 'A rate hike is not anyone's baseline scenario.' The years-long tightening cycle has officially come to an end! But then, what now?
To be honest, the signal of this conference was unusually clear: interest rates remain unchanged, with a 10 to 2 vote and no one supporting a rate hike. Powell conveyed a single message throughout— the brakes have been fully applied, and we will only discuss when to loosen the throttle next.
He clarified two points: first, the remaining inflation mainly comes from tariffs, which is a 'one-time' shock, not an overheating economy; second, the current interest rate level is already 'sufficiently tight.' What does this mean? It means that the rate hike gun in the Federal Reserve's arsenal has been put away. The market is no longer waiting for 'whether there will be another hike', but rather 'when will the cuts start.'
Gold surged overnight to a new high, and the market is voting with its feet: under warnings of 'unsustainable' fiscal deficits, smart money is frantically seeking safe assets outside of the traditional system.
However, there is a huge cognitive gap here: the end of the Federal Reserve's tightening does not mean that easing will start immediately. Powell stated that policy decisions will be made 'in a gradual meeting manner', and there may be a long 'waiting period' in between — with high interest rates stagnating and the market fluctuating repeatedly. For ordinary investors, this is precisely the most uncomfortable stage: cash is depreciating while investments are subject to volatility.
It is precisely this kind of entanglement that has given rise to a new demand: is there an asset that can avoid the policy swings of the fiat currency system while generating stable cash flow, without having to wait for the Federal Reserve?
This is precisely the issue that decentralized financial protocols like @lista_dao can solve. It does not rely on any central bank meeting minutes, but instead builds an autonomously operating stablecoin earning system through smart contracts on the chain. You can deposit dollar stablecoins into its ecosystem in exchange for earning assets like lisUSD, thereby obtaining continuous returns.
In simple terms, in the Federal Reserve's 'waiting game', you do not need to passively observe. Through the #USD1 investment strategy ListaDAO, you can actively earn returns on your dollar assets on-chain 24/7. Regardless of what Powell says in the next meeting, this part of your assets will automatically appreciate, truly achieving 'my earnings, my control'.
Therefore, rather than repeatedly guessing when the Federal Reserve's 'first rate cut' will occur, it is better to rethink your asset allocation: part of your allocation should be used to capture market opportunities, while another part should be placed in systems with autonomous earning capabilities. ListaDAO is such a system — it represents a new idea: building a more certain and transparent future of earnings using code in the cracks of traditional finance.
Remember, when one door closes (interest rate hikes), there will always be a new window opening. The key is whether your gaze has already turned there.
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Statement: This article is only a market interpretation and strategy sharing, and does not constitute any investment advice. Financial markets are unpredictable, so please make independent judgments.