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Over $200B Wiped From Crypto Markets After Trump Ignores Crypto in Ceremony Speech
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Over $200B Wiped From Crypto Markets After Trump Ignores Crypto in Ceremony Speech
Jan 20, 2025 10:07 AM

Donald Trumps highly anticipated inauguration ceremony officially took place, and he is now the 47th US president.

Despite the numerous reports ahead of time about potentially including crypto in his speech, Trump failed to mention it even once, which triggered a massive crash for the entire market.

Just as the inauguration began, BTCs price tumbled by over five grand, going from more than $107,000 to under $102,000 in minutes.

However, it managed to recover some ground and spiked to $105,000 during the speech. However, once that concluded and it became evident that Trump will not mention the digital asset industry at all, BTC and the rest of the market headed south immediately.

BTCs nosedive took it south to $100,500 (for now). Many altcoins bled even more heavily, including Trumps official meme coin. The recently launched asset is down by over 20% in the past hour alone and now struggles to remain above $40. Recall that it peaked above $70 earlier today but has faced a lot of competition and criticism following the launch of Melania Trumps alternative.

Other massive losers include SPX, FARTCOIN, HBAR, WIF, LINK, AAVE, WLD, TIA, BONK, and more, as all of them have dropped by more than 6% in the last hour.

The total crypto market cap went from a daily high of over $3.850 trillion to $3.6 trillion during the crash.

The wrecked positions have shot up to nearly $200 million within that same timeframe. Almost 400,000 traders have been liquidated on a daily scale, according to data from CoinGlass.

Liquidation Heat Map. Source: CoinGlass

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