Trump is shaking the Crypto market: $ 509 million liquidated in 24 hours!

A simple political discourse can sometimes shake the entire Crypto market. This Tuesday, an announcement by Donald Trump on new pricing increases sparked a wave of liquidations exceeding $ 500 million. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana plunged in a few hours, which revealed the fragility of the market in the face of geopolitical tensions. While leverage traded the losses, some institutions discreetly took advantage of it to strengthen their positions.

Trump announcements trigger a collapse on the Crypto market

A few hours after Donald Trump announced new protectionist measures that aim for Chinese imports, the crypto market has brutally foggy. The impact was immediate. According to Correglass data, more than $ 509 million in positions have been liquidated in the space of 24 hours, affecting 94,071 traders.

Bitcoin (BTC), on the front line, saw its price briefly dive under the $ 84,000. By way of comparison, he still traded above $ 87,000 a few hours earlier. Massive liquidation mainly affected short positions, with $ 25.19 million lost in this segment, against only 443,490 dollars for long positions.

This imbalance indicates that the majority of traders had bet on a more marked drop in the market, a bet that loses in the face of poorly anticipated volatility.

Such a market movement was accompanied by a series of indicators which testifies to a violent domino effect correction. Here are the main important facts noted on the day of April 2, 2025:

• $ 509 million liquidated throughout the Crypto market, according to consolidated data from Coringlass;
• 94,071 traders impacted by these liquidations, mainly on the derivative markets;
• The price of the BTC dropped in a range between $ 82,263 and $ 83,487, before stabilizing around $ 83,500;
• The 24 -hour trading volume established $ 27.45 billion, slightly increased despite panic;
• Bitcoin liquidations have reached $ 25.64 million, including 25.19 million in a short position, which reveals excess pessimism among leverage traders.

These data confirm that The market reaction was brutalbut mainly mechanical, fueled by leverage and forced liquidations. At this stage, no technical or fundamental announcement on the protocols concerned (Bitcoin, Ethereum or Solana) has come to justify such a fundamental movement, which strengthens the hypothesis of an exogenous stress caused by Trump's tariff announcement.

Tether and Metaplanet discreetly accumulate bitcoin

While the markets displayed extreme volatility, some institutional actors took advantage of this sequence to methodically strengthen their positions on bitcoin. The 1^er April, the company TETHER, issuer of the Stablecoin USDT, revealed to have acquired 8,888 BTC during the first quarter of 2025.

In its press release, the company said now holding nearly $ 7.8 billion in Bitcoin. At the same time, Metaplanet, Japanese firm listed, announced via a post on X having bought an additional 696 BTC, which brought its reservations to 4,046 BTC. The announcements, published in full correction, contrast strongly with the general feeling of the market and testify to a long -term strategic reading on the part of these actors.

These massive purchases took place even though the capitalization of Bitcoin went up slightly to reach 1.69 trillion of dollars, with a dominance of 62.37 %, very slightly. The 24 -hour trading volume increased by 0.37 %, or 27.45 billion dollars, which suggests a return of liquidity after the initial shock. Thanks to this counter-current positioning, Tether and Metaplanet send a clear message to the markets: the fundamentals of Bitcoin remain solid, even in a tense geopolitical context.

This dynamic triggers a crucial question: should we see in these movements a simple opportunistic accumulation strategy or the signal of a renewed confidence of institutional investors in cryptos? In the short term, selling pressure could still generate volatility, especially if other political tensions are emerging. However, in the medium and long term, these positions could play a market stabilization role and support a recovery towards 90,000 dollars, according to some analysts.