The customs war causes massive unrest in the markets – also in the crypto sector. Bitcoin and Co. temporarily lose significantly, but what about in the long run? Experts expect that.
• Bitcoin & Co. After Trump-Zöllen massively under pressure
• Investors flee from volatile assets
• Experts expect these consequences for the cryptoma market
Trump-Zölle bring cryptoma market under pressure
The recently continued escalating trade conflict, intensified by new tariffs by US President Donald Trump, is also difficult in the crypto sector in addition to many other areas. For example, for Bitcoin on Monday morning, things went down drastically – the digital motto fell below the $ 80,000 mark. At times, a coin only cost about $ 74,479 after it was up to over $ 109,104 in January. Most recently, the crypto veteran cost $ 82,064 again. (As of April 9, 2025). Before the announcement of Trump’s announcement on the evening of April 2, a Bitcoin had cost around $ 87,000. In addition, Ethereum temporarily collapsed by almost 20 percent to $ 1,456 on Monday, and most recently cost $ 1,649.79, while XRP is also almost 20 percent lower at times at $ 1.68-the recent course was $ 2.01. Meanwhile, the global crypto market was with a total value of around $ 2.61 trillion (as of April 9, 2025).
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Little confidence in the short term
Trump was initially considered a sponsor of cryptocurrencies, he has not been able to fulfill the hopes of the followers since the beginning of his second term. Since taking office, Bitcoin has anything but rosy.
In the short term, uncertainty is likely to be in the foreground, market participants are likely to withdraw from volatile asset classes such as cryptocurrencies, according to experts, fear DL News, and to turn to more secure ports.
Experts remain optimistic
With a view to long -term developments in the cryptom market, some experts still show themselves optimistic. “The result for cryptocurrencies will be positive-the Bitcoin prices will skyrocket in the long term, since institutional investors will withdraw capital from increasingly unstable US institutions,” said Zach Burks, CEO of the NFT platform Mintology, to DL News. Mateusz Kara, CEO of the ARI10 crypto payment platform, recently tried to spread similar confidence: “The markets have waited for certainty [und] Now they have them. The true danger was the unknown, not the tariffs themselves “.
Arthur Hayes, ex-Bitmex CEO and crypto expert, also expects the US Federal Reserve to become an expansive Monetary policy is forced – what cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin should support. Against this background, he sees the Bitcoin climbing up to $ 250,000. According to UBS, interest rate reductions between 75 and 100 basis points can be expected this year – a classic bullish signal for digital assets, as DL News say.
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