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On Monday, everyone was talking about Trump bringing the 'titans' (Musk, Cook, Huang) to China to sign a tech peace deal. But the reality by Thursday was very different. 🧐
The Context:
Wall Street was expecting Trump to get China to buy advanced chips. But the Chinese administration was cold: They prefer to burn their own cash on local research rather than rely on the USA.
Why does it hurt?
For miners and AI projects, this is bad in the short term:
1. Limited access: Without the sale of H200, the computing power for AI in China is stalling, impacting cross-border projects.

The Trump-Xi summit is over. What's the outcome? 🤝 Diplomatic smiles... but not many concrete agreements. This is what the markets (and your portfolio) need to know. 🧵⬇️
1️⃣ Was there a deal?
❌ NO. Unlike 2017 (37 deals worth over $250B), this time Trump came home without any major announcements.
✅ Only a "vague" confirmation of China buying 200 Boeing planes and "billions" in soybeans.
⚠️ Lesson for traders: "Buy the rumor, sell the news" in full effect. China's CSI 300 dropped -1.3% right after the summit.

1/ Inflation in the US rose to 3.8% and oil prices are sky-high. Kevin Warsh takes over the Fed on Monday, but he can't lower rates even if Trump asks him to. The bond market has already forced him to adopt a hawkish stance (high rates). 🦅
2/ His plan is odd: cut rates (to appease Trump) but sell assets (to cool off inflation). This means less liquidity in the system. And what does BTC do when there's less liquidity? 🔻
3/ Historically, BTC reacts more to total liquidity than to rates. If the Fed sells MBS and shrinks its balance sheet, Bitcoin's price could get stuck between $78k and $85k until June. Range, not rally. 📉

🚨 LIVE: In the last few hours, the market lost **$90 billion** in value. BTC dropped to $77,800 and ETH plummeted to $2,170.
The cause is twofold: Inflation in the US (CPI 3.8%) which pushes back rate cuts, and geopolitical panic over a potential US/Israel attack on Iran.
The question is:
Are you buying this fear or shorting everything before it drops further?
👇 Drop your strategy below.
· 🐂 If it's time to buy.
· 🐻 If this is just the beginning.
#BTC #Crash #Geopolitics #Liquidations

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2026
As the crypto market navigates through high volatility and the search for new momentum, the traditional financial world (TradFi) is setting a pace today that could have domino effects on digital assets over the next week.
May 26 isn't just any Saturday. It's a key "deadline" for institutional investors and the big whales who also trade stocks. Here's what's going down and why YOU should keep an eye on your portfolio.

Despite official restrictions, the Over-The-Counter (OTC) and P2P market in China is witnessing record volumes. The yuan has significantly weakened this week due to foreign capital outflows and doubts about post-COVID economic growth.
Image: Local traders are reporting a 3% to 5% premium for buying USDT (Tether) and BTC on Binance P2P platforms. This means that Chinese investors are willing to fork out much more for digital dollars than for the official currency.

Yesterday was a historic day for the tech sector. The SOXX index (Semiconductors) closed up 37% for the quarter, driven by the unstoppable demand for AI infrastructure. Alphabet, Amazon, and Caterpillar reported extraordinary earnings, pushing the S&P 500 to new highs.
However, there was one guest that missed the party: Bitcoin. While the Nasdaq was climbing, BTC remained stagnant in the $80,000 range, showing unusual weakness compared to its "tech siblings". According to Greg Cipolaro, head of research at NYDIG, "the conclusion that Bitcoin and tech stocks have structurally converged is exaggerated. They only share exposure to the current macro regime, but 75% of BTC's movement remains unexplained by stocks."

The U.S. Senate is gearing up to vote this week on the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the new governor of the Federal Reserve, paving the way for him to become the next president of the central bank. Far from a smooth transition, Warsh's arrival—known for his aggressive balance sheet management and critiques of 'easy money' policies—is causing significant volatility in long-term assets.
Warsh takes the helm at a critical moment: with inflation spiking due to rising energy costs (+5.8% last month from the Middle East conflict) and a labor market starting to show cracks. Bitunix analysts warn that "the Fed's biggest challenge is no longer when to cut rates, but that the internal consensus on the nature of inflation is fracturing."

According to leaked internal documents confirmed by three anonymous sources within UBS, the Swiss banking giant has quietly rolled out a Bitcoin custody and trading service for its private banking segment. This service will be available only to clients with assets exceeding 2 million Swiss francs (approximately 2.2 million dollars).
So far, about 340 clients are already participating in the pilot program, which started discreetly in January 2026. The service includes buying, selling, and cold storage custody secured by Lloyd's of London, something that until now was only offered by specialized entities like Sygnum or SEBA Bank.

The next Bitcoin halving is scheduled to happen in about 35 days, when the block reward will drop from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC. This will reduce the daily issuance of new BTC from 900 to just 450 coins. In terms of scarcity, it will be an event similar to having a 50% overnight supply cut of gold.
What’s catching attention now isn’t just the date, but the behavior of the miners. According to data from CryptoQuant and Glassnode, miners have moved over 8,500 BTC from their operational wallets to cold storage wallets for accumulation in the past three weeks. This is unusual because miners typically sell part of their production to cover operational costs (electricity, hardware, staff). The fact that they are accumulating suggests they expect a significant price increase after the halving.

Sources close to the People's Bank of China (PBOC) have indicated that a "regulatory sandbox" has been set up in the special economic zone of Shenzhen to test international settlements (跨境) using Bitcoin as a bridge. While the info is still unofficial and hasn't been confirmed by the usual party channels, the market already reacted with a drop of -1.2% in the BTC/USDT pair during the first hour after the leak, although the price later rebounded almost completely.

According to recent data from CoinGlass and Arkham Intelligence, BlackRock's IBIT ETF has scooped up approximately 12,500 BTC in the last 48 hours. With this buy, the entity would reach a total of 305,000 BTC under custody, representing about 1.45% of the total Bitcoin supply that will ever exist (21 million).
This move is significant considering BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world. When they accumulate, it's not for short-term speculation, but rather as a strategic store of value. The immediate impact is already visible in exchange reserves: according to CryptoQuant, available BTC on platforms like Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken has plummeted to its lowest level in three years, hitting just 1.92 million BTC.