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Trump's EU and Apple Tariff Threats Dent Bitcoin Rally | COINDESK DAILY

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4.8689 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Trump threatens EU with 50% tariff.

Trump threatens EU with 50% tariff and iPhone maker Apple with 25%, stalling bitcoin's rally. But ETF inflows and options data shows continued bullish sentiment for BTC. Plus, Justin Sun talks exclusively with CoinDesk after attending the president's $TRUMP memecoin VIP dinner. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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0:00.0

Trump reignites tariff threats against Europe spooking the markets. It's Friday, May 23rd, 2025. I'm Christine Lee. This is Coiness Daily.

0:13.7

U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of a 50% tariff on EU imports and a 25% levy on non-US made Apple iPhones reignited trade tensions Friday,

0:23.8

causing a sharp decline in risk assets, including Bitcoin. BTC fell from a record high above

0:29.0

111,000 to below 109,000, while U.S. stock index futures dropped nearly 2%, with Apple shares

0:36.1

sliding 3.6%.

0:38.3

The president's truth social rants disrupted a previous calm market session ahead of the holiday weekend, targeting the EU for stalled trade talks and Apple for overseas iPhone manufacturing.

0:49.3

Nevertheless, Bitcoin's outlook is bullish, with its 2.1 trillion market cap overtaking Amazon

0:55.1

and Google to become the world's fifth largest asset.

0:58.2

BTC now sits behind iPhone maker Apple, software developer Microsoft, and chipmaker

1:03.0

Navidia, all of which are valued at over $3 trillion.

1:06.9

Way ahead is hard to produce store value gold at an estimated $22 trillion.

1:11.9

Glass nodes accumulation trend score hit a peak level of 1.0, indicating aggressive buying

1:17.4

across the spectrum from whales to smaller holders.

1:20.3

Black Rock's I shares Bitcoin Trust continues to dominate the institutional market, pulling in

1:24.9

877 million in inflows on Thursday alone and bringing its total

1:29.9

net inflow to a staggering $47.6 billion, according to Farsai data. Options market signals

1:36.7

bullish sentiment with the 300,000 June strike now the most popular call, followed by $200,000,

1:43.1

suggesting traders are positioning for a continued

1:45.5

breakout. Finally, Chinese billionaire and Tron founder Justin Sun telling Coin Disc exclusively,

1:51.3

all the haters need to really pay attention. There are positive things happening in the industry

1:55.5

after attending the president's VIP dinner for top Trump meme coin holders. Sun dismissed critics labeling the Trump

2:02.1

meme coin as bribery, calling their skepticism short-sighted and misguided, emphasizing that the

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