Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Rebound, While Ethereum Lags Ahead Of Trump Tariff Announcements

Author: Khyathi Dalal | April 02, 2025 04:12pm

Cryptocurrency markets are surging ahead of a crucial tariff announcement by President Trump.

Cryptocurrency	Price	Gains +/-
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)	$86,692.07	+2%
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)	$1,912.93	+0.2%
Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)	$131.12	+3.4%
XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)	$2.15	+0.8%
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)	$0.1740	+1.2%
Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)	$0.00001268	-0.04%

Notable Statistics:

• IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume decreasing by 18.6% and daily active addresses growing by 4.7%. Transactions greater than $100,000 are up from 10,147 to 10,387 in a single day. Exchanges netflows are down by 66.4%.
• Coinglass data reports 107,025 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $236.01 million.
• Crypto chart analyst Ali Martinez noted that miners have sold 1,500 BTC, worth $127.5 million, in the past week.

Notable Developments:

• Strategic Bitcoin Embrace By US Could Trigger Global Crypto Policy Shift, Says Grayscale
• Circle’s Revenue Grows, But IPO Filing Shows Falling Profitability
• AVAX To Outperform Bitcoin, Ethereum, Reaching $250 By 2029: Standard Chartered
• Ripple’s Stablecoin Gains Momentum As Financial Institutions Embrace RLUSD For Cross-Border Payments
• Arthur Hayes Predicts Bitcoin To Hit $250,000 By End Of Year

Top Gainers:

Cryptocurrency	Price	Gains +/-
EOS (CRYPTO: EOS)	$0.8226	+20.4%
Raydium (CRYPTO: RAY)	$2.04	+12.7%
DeXe (CRYPTO: DEXE)	$14.65	+9.2%

Trader Notes: Crypto investor Ted Pillows believes no new tariffs or threats could signal a bullish reversal, while new tariffs could mean continued downward momentum.

CrediBULL Crypto notes that Bitcoin’s local demand is holding, but the market remains choppy.

Local demand held and the chop continues, as expected…$BTC https://t.co/nMVEpXiyKH pic.twitter.com/CjZEeUfLVN

— CrediBULL Crypto (@CredibleCrypto) April 2, 2025

Michael van de Poppe sees a break above $87,000–$87,500 as the key trigger for BTC to enter price discovery, suggesting today "might be the day crypto finally takes off."

Meanwhile, crypto trader CrypNuevo highlights BTC remains trapped below $91,500 and needs a clean breakout to confirm bullish momentum.

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