Bitcoin Price A Scare
It’s fascinating that Bitcoin was supposed to be the new currency of the Trump administration, and under those conditions, one might believe the price of Bitcoin will double and triple pretty soon.
The results have been dire since the new President took over, with the price of Bitcoin cratering to $77,000 per coin from $107,000.
These devastating results have caught traders off guard, and many have lost their shirts in the quiet storm.
I don’t really care about Bitcoin personally, and I’m usually not in the business of recommending the product, but I do care what it signals about liquidity and the risk on/off sentiment.
The tariffs are starting to scare investors, and we see it in the price of Bitcoin.
Liquidity being pulled can create a cascading effect where nobody knows where the floor is.
Bitcoin could fall a lot further, considering many could just not be bothered to fight through the tariffs and can’t stomach it.
Nobody ever went bankrupt from taking a profit, right?
With all-time highs in many asset classes, it is almost as if Trump thinks he is playing with house money to push through aggressive strategies that put enormous trade pressure on other countries.
It’s a political calculus that fosters uncertainty, and many know that markets hate uncertainty, especially tech stocks.
On the heels of a good Nvidia earnings report, we have received a sell on the news price action, and that is very negative to the overall tech sector.
Year to date, we stand 3.5% in the red, but looking to March expiration, I believe this is a short 3-week buying opportunity until the next bevy of geopolitical chaos.
I recommend keeping your portfolio small for the time being and let the trade rhetoric pass through until you go big.
I did execute 2 more bullish positions in Palantir and Microsoft today.
A rout in Bitcoin deepened forced money to the sideline in the face of the most popular Trump trades.
Alt coins also did poorly too with Ether, Polkadot, and XRP all dropping more than 7% in one day.
Remember in 2022 during the crypto winter, when prices plummeted amid rising interest rates and industry woes.
Trump said Thursday that 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico would come into force from March 4, undermining hopes he might reverse course after a previous delay. He also said Chinese imports would face a further 10% levy, prompting officials in Beijing to promise “all necessary measures” in response.
The selloff underscores a swift change of fortunes for what was previously one of the most popular Trump trades in global markets: buying Bitcoin on the expectation that the president’s crypto-friendly approach would lead to a broad rally.
Traders are still waiting for Trump to come up with concrete steps for the sector, including a Bitcoin stockpile.
Trump has already made a few changes that have pleased crypto bulls, including putting crypto advocates in key positions. The Securities and Exchange Commission, which embarked on a year-long crackdown under former Chair Gary Gensler, has also closed investigations into several crypto outfits in recent weeks.
Readers shouldn’t get too rattled by the geopolitics.
More often than not, the bluster serves as a good entry point into tech stocks.
I do believe 2025 will be the year of volatility, and buying on these big dips is a big part of our benefit to it.
