{"id":53179,"date":"2025-04-03T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-trigger-decline-in-crypto"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:53:09","slug":"trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-trigger-decline-in-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-trigger-decline-in-crypto","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s reciprocal tariffs trigger decline in crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs Wednesday on more than 180 countries on his self-proclaimed \u201cLiberation Day\u201d&#8211; leading to selling pressure on crypto assets and triggering a nearly 10% decline in cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s reciprocal tariffs, ranging from 10% to 50%, led to declines across European and Asian stock markets, while losses in US futures exceeded 3% the following day, as his announcement came after markets closed in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Among the US\u2019 largest trading partners, the EU was slapped with 20% reciprocal tariffs, with China at 34% and Japan 24%.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin fell to $82,000 after touching $88,000, while many altcoins fell as low as nearly 10%.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency total market value fell from $2.8 trillion to $2.6 trillion at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Mustafa Batuhan Tufaner, associate professor of economics at Istanbul Beykent University, told Anadolu that tariffs affected the stock market due to the expectations that they would suppress companies\u2019 profit margins, while the demand for safe-haven assets positively affected gold prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cryptocurrency market\u2019s direction sometimes moves in correlation with stocks and sometimes with safe-haven assets, like gold, but recently, tech stocks have been more influential on crypto but macroeconomic developments can also change the direction of the crypto market,\u201d he said. \u201cInternational investments deem cryptocurrencies as a separate store of value, which may mean these assets can have directions separate from traditional markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tufaner said political developments around the world have proven that the cryptocurrency market has yet to reach a safe-haven status, and they are still deemed risky assets.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Washington\u2019s tariffs may be decisive in inflation estimates and the Fed\u2019s rate cut decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf inflation does not start to decline with the tariffs, the Fed\u2019s rate cut cycle may decrease,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCryptocurrencies, like other assets, have been waiting for the Fed to start a monetary expansion cycle for some time now, and if that doesn\u2019t happen, it may present a negative scenario for cryptocurrencies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs Wednesday on more than 180 countries on his self-proclaimed \u201cLiberation Day\u201d&#8211; leading to selling pressure on crypto assets and triggering a nearly 10% decline in cryptocurrencies. 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