Bitcoin down, gold futures up as Europe threatens 'trade bazooka'

Bitcoin fell astir $3,500 connected Monday arsenic Europe hinted astatine retaliatory measures against US President Donald Trump, who threatened caller commercialized tariffs unless negotiations could statesman implicit Greenland. 

Bitcoin (BTC) prices person dumped 3.6% successful a substance of hours, falling from $95,450 to conscionable beneath $92,000 connected Coinbase successful aboriginal trading connected Monday morning, according to TradingView.

Around $750 cardinal successful agelong positions were liquidated successful 4 hours, bringing full 24-hour liquidations to implicit $860 million, according to Coinglass. The plus had marginally recovered from its play low, trading astatine $92,580 astatine the clip of writing. 

Meanwhile, precious metals person surged arsenic they proceed to decouple from integer assets, portion banal futures were besides down.  

Gold futures soared to grounds highs of $4,667 per ounce arsenic markets reacted to the resumption of the US-EU commercialized war, according to Google Finance. Silver futures besides skyrocketed supra $93 per ounce for the archetypal clip successful history. 

BTC dumps $3,500 successful a mates of hours connected Coinbase. Source: TradingView

Europe retaliates to Trump tariffs 

Over the weekend, Trump announced 10% trade tariffs connected 8 European countries  — Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK — starting Feb. 1. 

These would emergence to 25% by June if nary statement connected his propulsion to power Greenland is reached. 

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European leaders responded forcefully, with French President Emmanuel Macron urging the EU to activate its “anti-coercion instrument,” besides known arsenic a “trade bazooka,” which could restrict US entree to EU markets.

The European Union is besides considering 93 cardinal euros ($108 billion) successful antecedently delayed retaliatory tariffs. 

“At slightest judging from the archetypal reactions, immoderate European leaders are consenting to play hardball,” wrote Carsten Brzeski, planetary caput of macro astatine ING, according to CNN. 

Trade warfare fears sparking risk-off mood

Crypto manufacture analysts told Cointelegraph the commercialized warfare could make a risk-off situation successful the markets. 

“I spot Trump’s tariffs implicit Greenland sparking commercialized warfare fears and creating a risk-off temper successful markets,” said Andri Fauzan Adziima, probe pb astatine Bitrue.

“Bitcoin, acting similar a tech stock, dropped beneath $93,000 owed to liquidations and FUD, showing however it gets deed hard by large economical shakes. Short-term symptom continues, but some could emergence semipermanent if wealth weakening happens,” helium added. 

Meanwhile, Jeff Mei, main operations serviceman astatine the BTSE exchange, said that commercialized warfare threats “are causing a bout of marketplace unease — particularly since this clip helium is threatening immoderate of America's closest allies.” 

“Right now, traders are reasoning astir the worst-case scenario, successful which markets could plunge to April 2025 levels. Once the U.S. marketplace opens, it’s imaginable that organization investors whitethorn determination to de-risk their holdings if they deliberation Trump’s threats are serious.”

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