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U.S.-China Trade Skirmish Intensifies, Crypto Pays the $500M Price
Austin Hodge
October 15, 2025
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In a high-stakes game of economic poker, China has just upped the ante against the U.S., sending ripples through global markets and tossing the crypto world into a $7 billion tailspin.
With Beijing’s decision to tighten the grip on rare earth exports as a counter to President Trump's hefty tariffs, the standoff between these superpowers is morphing into a full-blown trade skirmish. Rare earth metals provide vital materials for components in products such as electric vehicles, aircraft engines, radars, chips, and defense technology among other applications.
Bitcoin and Ethereum, along with over a million crypto traders, found themselves caught in the crossfire as their positions were liquidated amidst plummeting market confidence.
Buckle up, because the reverberations from this financial face-off are just beginning. But will hope of the Fed’s suspected easing of quantitative tightening and the burgeoning growth of institutional crypto application counteract the fall out?
Let's dive in!
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