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If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin when Trump took office, you’d now have this much

Thus far, Donald Trump’s presidency has been a mixed bag for the cryptocurrency market . Investors initially took Trump’s pro-crypto stances as a bullish signal. However, there has been a lack of clarity on proposed regulatory changes. The controversial launches of the President and the First Lady’s memecoins shook investor confidence . On March 2, Bitcoin ( BTC ) surged to $94,000 following the commander-in-chief’s announcement that a strategic cryptocurrency reserve would be created. Despite an initial wave of optimism, Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico on March 4 sent a shockwave through financial markets. This culminated in a risk asset sell-off that saw $80 billion wiped out from the crypto market within a day. Although there are plenty of silver linings to be found, and these pullbacks might very well turn out to be temporary, investing in Bitcoin when Trump took office would not have secured a profit as of March 5. Let’s take a closer look at the exact figures of this hypothetical trade. Bitcoin has seen a double-digit decrease in price since Donald Trump’s inauguration Donald Trump’s second term as President started on January 20. At the time, Bitcoin was trading at a price of $101,280. Since the time of Trump’s inauguration, Bitcoin has failed to break through to the upside in a meaningful manner, and recent developments have caused a sharp correction in the price of the leading digital asset. By press time on March 5, Bitcoin was changing hands at a price of $89,590. BTC price year-to-date (YTD) chart. Source: Finbold That figure equates to an 11.54% drop from January 20. Accordingly, a $1,000 investment made on the day that Donald Trump took office again would now be worth $884.60, with a net loss of $115.40. In contrast, at the time of the election, Bitcoin was trading at $68,290. Investors who made a $1,000 investment on that fateful November 5 day would have benefitted from a 31.19% surge, and their position would now be worth $1,311, for a $311 gain. Lastly, readers should note that per Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump will reveal a strategy for his long-awaited Bitcoin Reserve at the inaugural White House Crypto Summit on Friday, March 7. While not many specifics are known at this time, the summit has the potential to set the tone not just for Bitcoin, but the wider cryptocurrency market going forward — and that tone could very well be bullish. Featured AI image from Shutterstock The post If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin when Trump took office, you’d now have this much appeared first on Finbold . CoinOtag

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WonderFi mulls bringing derivatives trading to Canadian crypto exchanges Bitbuy, Coinsquare

WonderFi is considering partnerships that would bring derivatives trading to its platforms, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, in Canada and Australia. Vancouver-based WonderFi Technologies Inc. is exploring a new partnership to bring derivatives trading to its crypto platforms, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, in Canada and Australia . The company revealed in a March 5 press release that it entered a non-binding letter of intent with Australian broker Eightcap and Embedded, its trading-as-a-service solution, that would give users of Bitbut and Coinsquare access to derivatives products, including foreign exchange, indices, oil, metals, and select stocks. These products will be offered as contracts for difference, which are regulated over-the-counter derivatives, allowing users to speculate on asset price movements without owning the underlying assets, the press release reads. You might also like: BlackRock debuts Bitcoin ETF on CBOE Canada Eightcap will provide trading technology and liquidity for Bitbuy and Coinsquare, opening offerings in Canada and for Bitbuy in Australia. WonderFi chief executive Dean Skurka says the collaboration marks a “significant step forward, setting out a framework that we believe will empower our users with greater access to global financial markets, all within the trusted ecosystems they already know and love.” The rollout of the new products is expected in late 2025 as it’s still pending final agreements and regulatory approvals. In May 2024, WonderFi announced the consolidation of its trading platforms, Coinsquare and Bitbuy, making it the largest crypto trading platform in Canada regulated by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. Read more: Bitcoin miner Bitdeer acquires $21.7m power plant in Canada CoinOtag