$BTC Tariffs under Trump are not just trade policy.
They are a market pressure tool. $ETH
This is a psychological and liquidity strategy, not an economic one.
Every major tariff event follows the same structure:
🔹 Phase 1 – Shock $BNB
The announcement is timed when markets are closed (Friday night or weekend).
This traps liquidity and creates maximum uncertainty before price can react.
He never announces one tariff.
He announces two numbers:
A smaller tariff that starts soon
A much larger tariff later if no deal is reached
Example: 🗓 Jan 18, 2026
10% tariffs start Feb 1
25% tariffs start June 1 if no agreement
This creates fear now and pressure later.
Markets don’t “analyze” in Phase 1.
They execute risk protocols:
Margin requirements increase
Volatility models force selling
Leverage is cut
Liquidity dries up
Positions are liquidated automatically
That’s why:
Large caps drop 10–15% fast
Small & mid caps drop 30–40%
Moves look violent and irrational
Not because fundamentals changed.
Because capital structures were forced to rebalance.
🔹 Bitcoin always gets hit harder
BTC is not treated as gold during shocks.
It’s treated as high-beta risk:
24/7 trading
Heavy leverage
Thin political-shock liquidity
Perpetual futures unwind first
So BTC becomes the pressure valve for global risk.
🔹 Phase 2 – Narrative Control
After the crash: You hear:
“Constructive talks”
“Negotiations underway”
“Temporary measures”
“Not catastrophic”
Selling slows.
Volatility stabilizes.
Markets realize tariffs take weeks to implement.
🔹 Phase 3 – Resolution
Trump announces:
Delay
Reduction
Framework
Partial deal
“Historic agreement”
Uncertainty collapses.
Markets rally hard.
This cycle has repeated across: China
Mexico
Canada
India
Now it’s happening again.
The Greenland situation is more dangerous because:
NATO involvement
Europe can retaliate
Turritorial pressure
Supreme Court reviewing tariff authorities
So risk is higher, but the structure is the same.
Today’s crash was not: ❌ Valuation
❌ Earnings
❌ Recession data
It was Phase 1: Shock.
Funds reduced exposure.
Liquidity was pulled.
Leverage was forced out.
Crypto got hit first and hardest.
The playbook:
1. Announce aggressively
2. Shock markets while closed
3. Force leverage unwind
4. Create negotiation pressure
5. Shift narrative to diplomacy
6. Declare victory
7. Markets recover
We just completed Phase 3 and are entering Phase 4.
History says: In a few weeks, once uncertainty fades, markets trade above pre-dump levels.
This is not chaos.
It’s strategy.
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