Morgan Stanley hints: the Fed will shrink its balance sheet by $1.5 trillion! Can BTC at $64,917 hold up?
💡 Bearish warning: Expectations for the Fed’s future balance-sheet runoff are heating up, tightening global liquidity and putting pressure on risk assets.
In a recent report, Morgan Stanley economists project that the Fed will reduce its assets and liabilities by about $1.5 trillion over the next two years, with the earliest start in Q1 2027. The reasonable runoff range is between $600 billion and $2.5 trillion.
In plain terms, this is essentially a hard pull on market liquidity. The Fed will continue to maintain an ample-reserves framework, but this $1.5 trillion runoff is far beyond what many people expected. By putting this on the table, Morgan Stanley is effectively warning the market: don’t assume money will stay this loose forever. For the crypto market, liquidity is a lifeline—when water runs low, risk assets are the first to be abandoned.
In the short term, this news directly cools market sentiment. BTC is currently $64,917.68, up slightly 0.94% on the day. As these balance-sheet runoff expectations continue to build, funding conditions will quickly become more cautious. Highly leveraged longs today should be careful—once there is a wave of liquidations, it can easily trigger cascading liquidations. ETH is currently around $1,914.15. Moving in tandem with the broader market, the liquidity-tightening expectation often hits altcoins and DeFi first and most directly.
Over the medium term, the $600 billion to $2.5 trillion range implies some policy flexibility, but the overall direction of balance-sheet runoff won’t change. Institutional capital will reassess when allocating to crypto assets, and the pace of new inflows is certain to slow down. The market has been pricing in rate cuts, but Morgan Stanley suddenly emphasizes a major balance-sheet reduction—this kind of macro-expectations “mispricing” risk must not be ignored.
My view is clear: bearish in the short term—don’t force a buy here. BTC near $64,917.68 lacks strong support. If it breaks down, look for levels tied to round-number supports. For leveraged positions, it’s advisable to reduce exposure first, and wait until this wave of expectations is digested. Spot traders also don’t need to rush to bottom-fish—once you just hear the rumblings of macro liquidity contraction, capital flight takes time. Don’t go catching a falling knife.
- Coins: BTC / ETH
- Direction: Bearish 📉 Forecast down
- Duration: BTC 12 hours / ETH 24 hours
If you find this useful, share it with your crypto friends—don’t hard-hold through this runoff-expectations wave
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📊 Historical backtest
- After similar news like “Morgan Stanley warns: the Fed won’t step in to save the market in the stock market’s big test.” (2026-06-22) was published, BTC 12h saw a gain/loss of -2.10%. The bearish call was correct ✅
- There are 136 bearish-style BTC news items in history; 64 of them matched the actual direction (accuracy 47%)
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⚠️ Not investment advice