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US economist warns Bitcoin to spearhead the 2025 crash

Bitcoin ( BTC ) has been many things in its 16-year existence, with some claiming it to be little more than a gambling fad and yet others taking a completely opposite stance and positioning it as the biggest financial revolution in recent history. For the famed American finance writer and founder of HS Dent Investment Management, Harry Dent, it is the latter. Furthermore, the author went as far as to recommend everyone invest in the cryptocurrency as the great reshaper of global finance, albeit with a caveat, in a David Lin interview published on April 14. Specifically, Dent opined that BTC is far from a safe haven, meaning that in the burst phase he believes the ‘everything bubble’ is in in 2025, the digital asset should be avoided along with most other assets. Bitcoin should, however, be heavily invested in once the crash has taken hold. This is one of the biggest misconceptions: that Bitcoin Bitcoin and crypto are the safe haven. Absolutely not, they are the biggest bubble. Why Bitcoin is a ‘strong sell’ in 2025 but a ‘strong buy’ later Though Harry Dent’s prediction that a 50% crash would take place by the summer and then be followed by a 90% collapse is yet to be confirmed – and though there is room to doubt it as he has, along with in the interview, been predicting such a calamity for years – Bitcoin’s recent performance hasn’t been instilling much confidence. At press time on April 16, BTC was simultaneously expensive and struggling. At $83,396, it was 10.82% down in 2025, with a pattern of lower highs followed by lower lows, yet also more expensive than at any point in history before November 2024. BTC YTD price chart. Source: Finbold I didn’t get it at first, except I could see that Bitcoin was acting just like Amazon, the leader of the Dot retailers, which was the first tech bubble. I said it was acting just the same. I said, ‘No this is the next bubble, this is a big thing.’ Now I get it. A guy at my own conference three years ago says crypto and Bitcoin is basically, the restructuring of the entire financial services industry. How to weather the storm and thrive after it passes In the interview, Harry Dent also revealed which assets are the best to buy for the crash itself, reflecting primarily on 30-year treasuries and the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: TLT ) and how to diversify for the recovery. Specifically, the famed finance author believes that cryptocurrency will be the great reshaper of finance, thus making Bitcoin a strong investment, while artificial intelligence ( AI ) will have a more transformative effect and automate the broad category of ‘middle management.’ I’ve been talking about AI. I used to call it the automation of professional and managerial work. We’ve already done that to clerical people, already done that to factory workers, already done that to farmers. If you go back, it is the professional classes that will be automated by AI, so AI and Bitcoin. He elaborated: So I say: two things I want to buy coming out of this is – if I just buy two things – I’d buy Bitcoin at the bottom and Nvidia: leader of the AI and Bitcoin leader of crypto. That’s what I’d buy if I’m right and we see the greatest crash in a long time. The phenomenon Dent is describing has long been described as the advanced stages of the ‘Second Machine Age’ and has long been expected to be negative for humans, if not for businesses. For his part, the writer recommended investing in the semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA ) as a way to get ahead in the changing world. Featured image via Shutterstock The post US economist warns Bitcoin to spearhead the 2025 crash appeared first on Finbold . NewsBTC

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$TRUMP Token Faces Mounting Pressure Ahead of Major Unlock as Market Cap Plummets

The $TRUMP token, which at one time commanded the headlines with a market cap of over 13 billion dollars and traded at more than 70 dollars per token, is now worth considerably less — just 1.5 billion dollars. It has lost around 80 percent of its apparent peak value in a sort of sharp and disconcerting descent. With this drop, the market is now reeling, and our attention is rapidly shifting from price action to what really matters: tokenomics. In particular, the focus is on what the upcoming unlock will mean for the already weakened market. The market is still digesting this drop, and all the moves post-drop, but it’s safe to say that no one is happy about it. Low Float, High FDV: A Dangerous Combination $TRUMP is a low float, high fully diluted value (FDV) token. The token has a high FDV due to its total supply, yet only about 20 percent of the total $TRUMP supply is circulating, with the other 80 percent still locked. This creates a not very sturdy market dynamic and a price discovery process that is very much not sturdy and easily influenced by the price of just a few tokens. Additionally, the upcoming unlock is imminent — set for April 18, 2025 — and it’s a substantial amount. Based on what the tokenomics say, about 321.6 million dollars’ worth of $TRUMP tokens will be released on that date. To put it in context, this number is almost 20 percent of the current supply that is in circulation, and all of it is going to the founding team and standardizers — a kind of person that is usually associated with gaining a return on investment. Remember when $TRUMP was trading above $70 with a market cap over $13B? Today, it has shrunken down to just $1.5B — a staggering 80%+ drop from all-time high. And the craziest part? This price crash happened before any major token unlocks. pic.twitter.com/siQpdCR6Dl — Tokenomist (prev. TokenUnlocks) (@Tokenomist_ai) April 14, 2025 An unlock, particularly when given wholly to insiders, sets off alarm bells for investors. In the past, similar unlocks in other tokens — especially in projects linked to celebrities or influencers — have led to substantial market drops. If the newly unlocked amount doesn’t have an equivalent jump in buying or demand to soak it up, then the unlocked supply is just going to hit the market and very possibly make prices re-enter free fall. Not a One-Time Event: A Long Road of Unlocks Ahead This is likely to be a slow and steady unlock of assets, which will continue for a long time. Newer token holders will get their hands on the virtual currency, and quite a few of them might want to sell it immediately, judging by pattern (i.e., pre-ICO holders mostly sold when they got their tokens). This is a vital point for $TRUMP holders. With already shaky sentiment and a price that has pulled back sharply from its highs, the possible scenario of the project issuing large amounts of tokens repeatedly into the market could make it much harder for the price to recover—especially in a macro environment that isn’t exactly overflowing with strong bullish catalysts. In the same week, over $1 billion in token unlocks are happening—not just for $TRUMP, but also for big names like ARB (Arbitrum), FTN (Fantom), STRK (StarkNet), and others. In a market that’s choppy, low in liquidity, and defined by a very cautious sentiment, even the strongest projects can have a tough time under large unlocks. This serves as a stark reminder for investors and traders that fundamentals count. Market players are paying a lot more attention these days to not just token supply schedules and utility, but also to who exactly holds what kinds of token allocations. Because in a world where valuations can no longer be propped up by mere hype, it really matters what kind of game you’re in. What Comes Next? The $TRUMP token can still rebound, but it will most likely take a complete pivot in the current market to accomplish that. Demand will have to come from something; the token can’t just hover in limbo. Ecosystem development, community engagement, and a market uptick in general are all potential catalysts, but it’s not super clear yet which one, if any, will do the trick. Investors would do well to keep an eye not only on price charts but also on tokenomics calendars. So much supply is about to come to market — with insiders sitting on plenty of unrealized gains — that you would have to be a 10,000-foot-view kinda guy to see this as anything other than a recipe for volatility. If this new stock isn’t gobbled up by a huge new wave of buyers, then $TRUMP looks to be nothing more than a cash-grab token, like $ELON or the many other narrative-driven tokens that enjoy short-lived, sycophantic trading. In fact, you could argue that right now, $TRUMP is looking a whole hell of a lot more like a cash-grab token than a viable crypto project. Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services. Follow us on Twitter @nulltxnews to stay updated with the latest Crypto, NFT, AI, Cybersecurity, Distributed Computing, and Metaverse news ! NewsBTC