If you woke up to red across your portfolio, this wasn’t random.
What started as a strange Greenland headline has turned into a real macro issue.
Here’s what’s actually going on.
1. This isn’t about buying land. It’s about control.
Greenland holds a massive share of the world’s rare earth minerals.
These are critical for AI chips, EV batteries, and defense technology. China currently dominates this supply. Trump wants to break that dominance, and Greenland is the leverage.
2. Tariffs moved from talk to threat.
Over the weekend, Trump warned multiple NATO countries that if negotiations around Greenland don’t move forward, a 10% tariff could hit as early as February. If there’s still no progress, that could rise to 25% later this year.
Markets hate trade wars.
Markets hate NATO tension even more.
3. Why crypto is getting hit too.
In moments like this, Bitcoin isn’t treated like digital gold. It’s treated like a risk asset.
When fear spikes:
- Money flows into physical gold, which just hit new highs
- Funds sell liquid assets like Bitcoin to cover losses elsewhere
- Global investors reduce exposure to US linked assets
That’s how BTC slipped below $90K.
Right now, this is a high stakes standoff.
Trump is betting the US can handle more economic pain than Europe. Until one side backs down, likely around Davos, markets stay nervous.
This isn’t panic for no reason.
This is macro uncertainty playing out in real time.$DUSK
