There are days that we expect with hope, and others that we fear as a visit to the taxman. On April 2, renamed “Liberation Day” by Donald Trump, was part of the second category. On the markets, the time is not at the party. In Wall Street, in the World Stock Exchange, but also in the Crypto market, the nerves are raw. It is not the freedom that we feel coming, but rather vertigo.
Customs prices: The threat to the scholarship and the Crypto market
A few days before the application of New customs tariffs promised by Trumpall investors adopts the same posture: prudent expectation. The financial markets display clear signs of feverishness. Since the announcement of the first tax increases in January, The price of bitcoin dropped by 18 %.
The whole crypto market seems to have curled up under the effect of an uncertain economic climate.
The American scholarship, on the other hand, lives a heated first quarter. The dollar knows its worst performance at the start of the year since 2008while gold has signed its best quarter since 1986. A clear change towards refuges values.
What about technos? They flank. The Nasdaq lost 4 % in March.
On X, Seth Golden drew up a freezing parallel between the 2018 prices and those of 2025. At the time, The scholarship had dropped by 13 % in two months. This year, the first alert dates from January 26 … and since then, losses accumulate.
In this context, the crypto is a fear barometer. Far from being spared, it reflects the hesitations of investors.
But is it an excessive reaction or a fair alarm signal for the coming weeks?
“Liberation Day”: Sovereignty project or jump into the unknown?
Behind the “Liberation” marketing slogan hides A massive price plan. Trump plans to tfocus several key sectors : automobile, copper, pharmaceutical products, wood. These increases should go by up to 60 % for certain products.
Objective: relocate production and force foreign partners to bend.
But in reality, these are Consumers who risk toast. As Lloyd Doggett tweeted:
On April 2, Trump will mostly release dollars from your wallet.
This bitter play of words illustrates a widespread fear: a Price of prices for American households.
Experts are also wondering about timing. Growth slows down, trade tensions accumulate, and companies lack visibility. Even in the republican camp, Some president's allies express their discomfort.
The crypto market, often perceived as an alternative to fiduciary currencies, is also impacted. The BTC, although partially decorated, remains sensitive to macroeconomic movements. When the economy is shaking, the crypto vacillates too.
Does Trump's release want to produce the opposite effect and lock up the economy in a spiral of turbulence?
What do the seasoned investors do? Anticipation, prudence, and silent movements
Faced with uncertainty, the most experienced investors act methodically. It's not the time for hazardous betsbut precise adjustments. In traditional markets, flows are headed for gold. Buying volumes on ETF backed by yellow metal jumped 20 % in the first quarter.
In the crypto, the movements are more subtle, but just as revealing. THE whalesthese major Bitcoin holders, continue to accumulate despite the fall. Their strategy: buy at broken prices, bet on a future rebound. Furthermore, the Flow to Crypto ETF Timerly start on the rise, a sign of a renewed institutional interest. Even in turmoil, some keep confidence in the long -term fundamentals of BTC.
Some investors are betting on post-variety stabilization. Others expect a more marked correction, especially if the side effects on consumption are too violent.
- Bitcoin has lost 18 % since January;
- Gold earns 9.3 % in the first quarter;
- The dollar displays -2.7 % over the same period;
- The Nasdaq fell 4 % in March;
- Crypto: increase in withdrawals to Cold Wallets.
In this environment, caution dominates. But among connoisseurs, anticipation prevails. As always, the cycles come back… differently.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies can be reborn. Even when everything seems lost, they surprise. Their winter never really lasts. But the dollar shows signs of deep fatigue. Some analysts evoke an irreversible decline. What if, this time, America especially released the end of a monetary era?
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