Bitcoin started the week with a whimper, dipping to a nearly two-week low price of $81,362 early Monday morning. But now it’s on the way up, with other top coins like Ethereum and Solana similarly rising after early-day declines.
What’s happening? Monday’s volatile swings are nothing new for crypto or stocks lately, fueled by inflation concerns and President Trump’s budding trade war. And the latter trigger may become much more prominent as the week continues, as Trump is expected to announce another wave of market-shaking tariffs come Wednesday.
“Digital gold” may be seesawing, but at least real gold continues to benefit from markets uncertainty: It set a new all-time high price on Monday.
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