Be it tariff or war, the severity of today's crash (20251010) has nothing to do with politics but the vulnerability of the market to changes in the economic environment.
CRYPTO is the only market that reacts 24/7 to news...
It is Friday. Is it a coincidence that "bad news" were all dumped to the public at once practically at the market close?
Was it really a surprise that the US-China situation worsened? It was never solved. The status quo is often the calm before the storm.
China might have issued its notice on changes in trade policy regarding rare-earth metals early, but the "public" reaction of the US (a +100% rate effective from November) to it might have been delayed just after the market close.
I do not claim it is a conspiracy, but the timing has a well known purpose. Officials has a policy of making critical announcements after the market close for the week, so that traders, specially major financial institutions do not react in situ to it, and forcefully cool down the market sentiment.
A common practice, although there could be a tint (or even a spoonful) of [Schadenfreude] involved.
by MAAM_A1©
