• Blue Owl liquidity crisis has investors bracing for 2008-style fallout - it could mean bitcoin’s next bull run Private-equity firm Blue Owl Capital (OWL) tumbled nearly 15% this week as it was forced to liquidate $1.4 billion in assets to pay investors looking to exit one of its private credit funds. • What to know: Facing investor calls for redemptions, private-equity company Blue Owl Capital (OWL) late this week said it is selling $1.4 billion in assets. • Former Pimco chief Mohamed El-Erian suggested the news was a “canary-in-the-coal-mine” moment similar to 2007’s collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that presaged the global financial crisis. • government’s and Federal Reserve’s ultimate response - bank bailouts, ZIRP and QE - helped birth Bitcoin in early 2009 and foster its run from an idea to a $1 trillion asset. • Blue Owl Capital’s (OWL) announcement this week thatit would sell $1.4 billion in loansto raise liquidity for investors in a retail-focused private credit fund has triggered alarm bells across financial markets, with more than one prominent analyst drawing direct parallels to two Bear Stearns hedge fund collapses that foreshadowed the 2008 financial crisis - and for bitcoinBTC$67,473.56investors, the implications could be profound. • While there was no damage across the major stock market averages, Blue Owl shares fell about 14% for the week and are now lower by more than 50% year-over-year.

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  • Blue Owl Capital (OWL) announced it will sell $1.4 billion of loans to meet investor redemptions from a retail‑focused private‑credit fund, sending the firm’s shares down nearly 15 % this week. The move has prompted comparisons to the 2007 Bear Stearns hedge‑fund collapses that foreshadowed the 2008 financial crisis, with former PIMCO chief Mohamed El‑Erian calling it a “canary‑in‑the‑coal‑mine.” While the immediate effect on risk assets, including Bitcoin, may be negative, analysts note that the pattern of credit stress followed by large central‑bank interventions could set the stage for a future Bitcoin rally, mirroring the 2020‑2021 surge.

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