Tom Lee: Cryptocurrency is a highly volatile asset, and macro headwinds are currently suppressing BTC and ETH

According to BlockBeats, on June 30, Tom Lee, Chairman of BitMine, the largest Ethereum treasury, posted that cryptocurrencies are a highly volatile asset class, and some current macro headwinds are putting pressure on Bitcoin and Ethereum. These headwinds include market expectations of U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, the “CLARITY Act” remaining in an uncertain state, AI FOMO, and private credit impacting capital flows.

However, he also noted that bullish factors for the crypto market still exist, including tokenization as a super trend, cryptocurrencies being downstream of AI, money becoming more digital and software-based, and that the current market sentiment is extremely poor, possibly nearing the “peak of pain”.