Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Bitcoin looks set for a bearish open to mark the last trading day of March and possibly the weakest Q1 performance since 2018.  Crypto and stock traders’ anxiety over US President Donald Trump’s fresh wave of 25% tariffs on cars imported to the US, the threat of tariffs on the pharmaceutical industry is clearly reflected in BTC’s current downside. Trump’s frequent references to April 2 being “Liberation Day” (the day when an apparent number for “reciprocal tariffs” will be assigned to various countries) also has shaken traders’ confidence.  At the time of publishing, stock futures have already slipped into the red, with the DOW futures shedding 206 points and the S&P futures down 0 source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-falls-to-81-5-k-as-us-stock-futures-sell-off-in-advance-of-trump-s-liberation-day-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound