President-elect Donald Trump’s Motivation Is in Doubt as Bitcoin Slips Below $95,000

Key Points:

• Bitcoin fell below $95,000, with smaller digital assets dropping up to 15%, erasing $150 billion from the market in 24 hours.
• President-elect Donald Trump’s support for crypto initially fueled market optimism, but critics caution that wider adoption may bring heightened risks.

According to Bloomberg, the cryptocurrency market had a big sell-off as some of the optimism from President-elect Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance began to wear off.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s Pro-Crypto Policies Spark Mixed Reactions

On Tuesday, Bitcoin briefly fell below $95,000, a sharp reversal from its Dec. 5 record of $103,800. Smaller digital assets also suffered, with an index tracking these tokens falling as much as 15%, one of the steepest single-day drops this year.

The sudden price drop had wiped out about $150 billion in value over 24 hours, coming off a period of rampant speculation that began surging after Trump’s election on November 5.

Investors had been quick to hope he would deliver a friendly regulatory regime, including his most radical idea – a national Bitcoin reserve. In truth, though, the cryptocurrency market is inherently volatile and leaves investors to pull out at a change of sentiment.

Investors Weigh Risks as Bitcoin Volatility Surges

President-elect Donald Trump, who pivoted himself from a crypto sceptic into a crypto loudspeaker of sorts, having placed into the US Securities and Exchange Commission the leader of a strong digital asset advocate, followed by establishing within the White House its very first position in artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.

While crypto enthusiasts see Trump’s policies as a prelude to the market boom, critics raise flags on increased risks associated with greater mainstream adoption.

In finance, optimism is still high, with $10 billion flowing into U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds since Trump was elected. MicroStrategy, one of the biggest holders of Bitcoin, recently bought the cryptocurrency for $2.1 billion.