{"id":13630,"date":"2026-01-19T06:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13630"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:13:24","slug":"bitcoin-falls-below-92-000-as-tariff-fears-weigh-on-risk-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13630","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin falls below $92 000 as tariff fears weigh on risk assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>Cryptocurrencies fell sharply as risk assets slipped and haven demand strengthened after US President Donald Trump proposed new levies on eight European countries.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin slid as much as 3.6% to below $92 000 on Monday morning, while other tokens posted steeper losses. Ether, the second-largest digital asset, shed 4.9% of its value, while Solana fell 8.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said over the weekend that he would impose a 10% tariff on goods from eight European countries starting February 1, rising to 25% in June unless there\u2019s a deal for a \u201cpurchase of Greenland.\u201d That saw US equity-index futures slump as trading began Monday, while haven assets gold and silver surged to records.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1789836 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-555x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-555x312.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-201x113.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-230x129.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623-744x419.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447757623.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s comments drew rebuke from European leaders, who are now poised to halt the approval of the trade agreement struck last year.<\/p>\n<p>Digital assets had been enjoying a promising start to the year, after ending 2025 in a malaise, unable to mount a sustained recovery from a brutal October selloff. Bitcoin rose to just shy of $98 000 on January 14, with strong inflows into a group of US-listed exchange-traded funds for the token.<\/p>\n<p>That was seen as \u201ca rebound from the oversold levels driven by tax-loss selling and general capitulation coming into year-end,\u201d said Richard Galvin, co-founder of hedge fund DACM. The latest bout of tariff concerns has pumped the brakes on that, while gold hitting all-time highs confirms the selling is \u201cmore a risk-off move than anything crypto-specific,\u201d Galvin added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>About $600 million of bullish bets on cryptocurrencies were liquidated in the past 24 hours, CoinGlass data show.<\/p>\n<p>Traders see $90 000 as the next stop if current support fails, \u201cwhile bulls point to institutional demand as a potential floor,\u201d said Rachael Lucas, an analyst at BTC Markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Bitcoin #falls #tariff #fears #weigh #risk #assets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrencies fell sharply &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1520,95,1082,540,368,497,3906],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}