
Ah, Trump, that indefatigable maestro of market mayhem, has struck again. On a Friday morning, no less, when the world is still clutching its coffee cups and wondering if the week will ever end. With a flourish worthy of a third-rate tragedian, he warned China of “a massive increase of tariffs”-a phrase so laden with hyperbole one expects it to be followed by a drumroll and a cymbal crash. The result? Bitcoin, that darling of the digital age, took a nosedive, plummeting 2.53% as if it had tripped over its own ledger. Stocks, too, joined the lament, sliding into the red like a debutante at a particularly dreary ball.