According to the latest Reuters report, informed sources said that OPEC+ is expected to keep its current crude oil production cuts unchanged at the meeting scheduled for this Sunday. The production cuts for the 21 member countries will remain in place until the end of 2026. Because the parties first need to assess member countries' production capacity in order to establish 2027 benchmark output quotas, the organization may suspend any production increase plans in the fourth quarter of this year.

The core of this matter lies in internal bargaining and the pace of supply. OPEC+ is clearly not in a hurry to release more capacity to the market, and instead is choosing to stay put before reaching a consensus on the new quotas. This strategy of maintaining the status quo is in line with earlier market expectations that oil-producing countries intend to support prices, avoiding a short-term shock to the energy market from a sudden increase in supply.

For traditional financial markets, stable oil price expectations help ease imported inflation pressure, but also keep energy costs within a certain range. When the Federal Reserve and other major central banks assess the path of future interest rate cuts, they still need to closely monitor the impact of energy prices on inflation indicators. The U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasury yields may continue to fluctuate within a range in the short term.

Mapped to the crypto market, the current macro liquidity environment lacks a clear one-sided catalyst. $BTC and major assets are still largely following swings in macro market sentiment. Stabilization in the energy market has neither brought negative news from worsening inflation nor released additional liquidity benefits, so the market is likely to continue in a range-bound pattern of long-short competition.

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