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USD/JPY reversed from nearly 164 to 156.5 after the U.S. joined Japan in coordinated intervention. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the move and warned of further joint action. Bitcoin's 52-week correlation with USD/JPY hit minus 0.90, pointing to dollar strength, not yen, as the driver.
The US and Japan coordinated yen support for the first time since 2011, with the New York Fed acting as fiscal agent. Bitcoin trades near $63,000 as traders face a historically rough August, with the Coldcard wallet hack draining nearly $90 million.
The dollar fell to nearly 155.20 yen after the US and Japan confirmed joint currency intervention. Trump acknowledged helping Japan, citing friendship, while Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama pledged further coordinated action. The yen had hit 40-year lows above 163 yen before the intervention.
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