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by anonymouskimmer 1233 days ago
No, it wouldn't be the cause, but it is probably a contributing factor.

Lower loan rates increase the number of people who both are willing to risk taking out a loan to buy something on FOMO grounds, and who are offered the opportunity to take out a loan in the first place.

Lower loan rates also allow easy access to the money needed for wash trades and the like that allowed NFT (and cryptocurrency) market manipulation.