{"id":23197,"date":"2025-04-22T13:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=23197"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:31:56","slug":"analyst-explains-the-hidden-link-between-tariffs-and-bitcoin-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=23197","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Explains the Hidden Link Between Tariffs and Bitcoin Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With global trade tensions flaring and economic uncertainty gripping the markets, Bitcoin seems to be quietly charting its course above the chaos.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency by market cap has defied the downtrend in equities, surging to a six-week high of over $89,000 and emerging as an unlikely financial beacon amid the intensifying tariff war between the United States and its main trading partners.<\/p>\n

How Tariffs Are Fueling Bitcoin\u2019s Rise<\/h2>\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s escalating protectionist<\/a> stance, including his administration\u2019s recent release of a \u201cnon-tariff cheating\u201d list and threats toward Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, has rattled investors and amplified fears of an inflationary spiral.<\/p>\n

Well-known BTC advocate and crypto investor Kyle Chass\u00e9 took to X to explain<\/a> the \u201ctailwinds\u201d behind Bitcoin\u2019s latest uptick. His argument hinges on a chain reaction: tariffs increase import costs, which then drive up consumer prices, eroding purchasing power and weakening confidence in fiat currencies. In this environment, Bitcoin\u2019s fixed supply and decentralized nature make it an attractive alternative.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTariffs are inflation in disguise,\u201d Chass\u00e9 wrote. \u201cAs tariffs escalate, global trust in USD weakens. Capital starts seeking neutral ground. Bitcoin, as a borderless and non-sovereign asset, becomes the logical alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s a broader geopolitical undercurrent at play, too. China has warned of retaliation against countries cooperating with U.S. tariff demands, and Japan has expressed resistance to continued concessions in trade talks. Bitcoin\u2019s appeal as a \u201cborderless, non-sovereign asset\u201d is growing in this climate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen markets wobble from geopolitical tension, BTC bounces back faster than stocks or gold,\u201d Chass\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He also argued that \u201csmart money flows into chaos,\u201d and, in his opinion, BTC is one of the bigger beneficiaries right now.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin vs. Traditional Markets<\/h2>\n

Recent price action appears to support the analyst\u2019s claim. Bitcoin jumped<\/a> to a six-week high of $89,200 on Tuesday, reflecting an 18% rally from its local bottom of $75,000 earlier in the month.<\/p>\n

Over the past 24 hours, the asset gained a modest 2%. That upward move has propelled the cryptocurrency\u2019s market cap above $1.75 trillion, with its dominance now sitting at 61.4% (on CoinGecko), a mark of its growing strength relative to the wider crypto market.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this resurgence has coincided with gold hitting an all-time high near $3,500 per ounce, indicating a broader flight to perceived safe-haven assets.<\/p>\n

The strong showings of gold and its digital counterpart have come against the backdrop of steep dips in U.S. equities. Since April 9, the S&P 500 has erased $2.5 trillion in value, and the Nasdaq Composite is down<\/a> 16% year-to-date, according to Bernstein\u2019s Gautam Chhugani.<\/p>\n

In that time, BTC shed only 10%, with Chhugani indicating in a research note that the asset is fast becoming a \u201cMain Street proxy\u201d as it outperforms traditional tech-heavy indices.<\/p>\n

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With global trade tensions flaring and economic uncertainty gripping the markets, Bitcoin seems to be quietly charting its course above the chaos. The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency by market cap has defied the downtrend in equities, surging to a six-week high of over $89,000 and emerging as an unlikely financial beacon amid the intensifying tariff war […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-23197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}