Donald Trump introduced his latest tariffs policy / Massmedia / Vladimir Okhotnikov

Donald Trump introduced his latest tariffs policy

7 February 2025

“What the hell is happening in the market? Is it time to exit? The bear market is starting!” We’ve heard this panic before and it resurfaced when Donald Trump introduced his latest tariffs policy.
But there are two ways to look at a crypto market drenched in red:

1) Panic and sell, believing that the worst is yet to come.
2) See the bigger picture, where the chaos hides opportunity.

So what was really happening behind the scenes?
Take El Salvador, for example. The country just bought another 11 BTC, so its total holdings exceed 6K BTC now —worth more than $615 million at the time of writing. But could this number soar even higher?
CryptoQuant’s CEO has already warned that this might be the last chance to see Bitcoin at these prices. But can one be sure? Trump’s next move could shake the market again. He has promised new tariffs on the European Union and potentially more surprises.
His negotiation tactics are no secret:

  • Apply maximum pressure
  • Back the opponent into a corner to extract a deal
  • Turn conflict into compromise

Trump thrives on showmanship, and while the crypto market is already volatile, this creates opportunities for those who know how to play the game—buying the dip while others panic.
Meanwhile, several whales have opened massive short positions on ETH. For instance, one of them leveraged X50 margin trading and raked over $30 million in unrealized profits.
But here’s where things get interesting: While market analysts were guessing, Eric Trump posted on X:

It's a great time to add ETH. You can thank me later.
And he wasn’t just talking—his family’s DeFi project, World Liberty Financial, deposited over $300 million into assets like ETH, ONDO, WBTC, LINK, ENA, AAVE, USDC.
Coincidence? Maybe. But when big money moves like this, it's rarely random.