There’s a fundamental flaw in how the crypto markets behave – they’re following fiat markets

The Fed just cut interest rates by another quarter percent, citing expectations of rising inflation as Trump returns to office. The stock market took a dive, and crypto followed. Bitcoin is down to $99k as I write this.

This raises a fundamental problem: crypto markets are supposed to be independent of traditional finance. The whole promise of decentralization is that these markets should stand apart from the chaos of fiat systems.

But instead, we see the same patterns: when stocks fall, crypto often does too. Is this a flaw in how the market operates, or just a reflection of how much institutional money has entered the space?

What’s your take on this? Is there a solution, or will crypto always be tied to fiat market sentiment?