Trump’s Trade War Bombshell Rattles Crypto Investors Worldwide – Details

US President Donald Trump said the US is already “in” a trade war with China , and his comments have sent shock waves through crypto and financial ￰0￱ say he threatened steep tariffs — including a 100% tariff on Chinese imports — after Beijing tightened controls on rare earths and related technology ￰1￱ moved ￰2￱ ￰3￱ ￰4￱ Markets React To Tariff Threats According to Reuters and market reports, Bitcoin and Ether both dropped as investors rushed to reduce ￰5￱ on reports, close to $20 billion in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated within a 24-hour ￰6￱ smaller tokens plunged even more, driven by thin order books and forced ￰7￱ markets fell too, and some firms accelerated shipments to beat possible tariff ￰8￱ mood turned cautious almost ￰9￱ IN: President Trump declares the United States is in a TRADE WAR with China “We’re in one now!” “We have 100% tariffs.” “If we didn’t have tariffs, we would have no defense.

They’ve used tariffs on us.” ￰10￱ — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 15, 2025 Crypto Seen As Risk Asset Reports have disclosed that the idea of crypto as a safe haven has taken a ￰11￱ the stress of rising geopolitical tension, digital assets have behaved more like stocks than ￰12￱ itself rallied and reached fresh highs as traders sought traditional safe havens while crypto investors chased ￰13￱ say that when global risk rises quickly, holders of risky assets tend to sell first — and that has folded crypto into the wider “risk off” ￰14￱ Chains And Mining Costs Under Pressure China’s export controls on rare earth minerals matter to crypto beyond ￰15￱ earths and chipmaking are crucial for electronics and for mining ￰16￱ on trade reporting, any prolonged curbs or tariffs could raise the cost of semiconductors and other parts used in mining hardware and data ￰17￱ input prices would push some smaller miners to the sidelines, and could slow planned hardware upgrades that support ￰18￱ Moves Could Shape Crypto’s Future According to policy briefings and financial commentary, the political fight may bring new ￰19￱ trade measures harden, regulators in several countries could tighten oversight of cross-border flows and exchanges out of concern for national security and financial ￰20￱ the same time, fragmentation of payments and finance between blocs could create both risks and openings for alternative payment rails built on ￰21￱ flows may shift quickly as institutions reprice geopolitical risk and reallocate ￰22￱ image from Getty Images, chart from TradingView