Trump’s new global tariff plan is not just politics – it’s a live trading environment. When the White House raises import tariffs and hints at more to come, companies can’t plan margins, FX gets noisy and risk assets sell off together. That first red candle is where emotional traders panic.
I treat it differently: each tariff headline is a stress test of whether crypto is still just “tech beta” or already a political hedge. If $BTC dumps with stocks but then recovers faster while traditional indices stay weak, that’s the market telling us capital is quietly using BTC as an escape valve from weaponized trade policy. The edge is in watching that second move, not doom‑scrolling the news.
For now I keep my focus on a small set of majors like $BTC and $ETH , plus a few high‑conviction alts, and I let tariff volatility create entries instead of exit liquidity. The macro noise is loud, but the chart will always show you whether traders really believe in the “Bitcoin as hedge” narrative – or if it’s still just another narrative people only remember in bull markets.