President Donald Trump's tariffs are having a devastating impact on the global economy, and they are also causing some interesting shifts in market trends. As such, investors are now looking at alternative assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC), which could serve as a safe haven in an increasingly turbulent world.
Now, Greg Cipolaro, the global head of research at digital asset investment management firm NYDIG, says that Bitcoin is increasingly acting like a safe-haven asset amid the financial wreckage caused by President Donald Trump’s tariff rollouts.
In a new analysis, Cipolaro notes that Bitcoin demonstrated some decoupling with equities, US Treasuries and the dollar last week.
“Geopolitical tensions, including tariffs, remain topical (despite Trump walking back many of them), but political pressure from Trump on Fed Chair Powell, and even speculation about his potential dismissal that added to market unease. In many ways, this is exactly the kind of environment where Bitcoin should shine.
The decoupling from traditional risk assets is still very early and fragile, but for those watching crypto markets 24/7 (guilty), the shift is palpable. That said, we haven’t yet seen confirmation in the data. Our preferred correlation measure — a 90-day rolling window — currently shows rising correlations between bitcoin and US equities.”
Cipolaro adds that recent events have seen faith in US policy choices wane, diminishing the status of the greenback and US Treasuries as preferred haven assets.
“What is interesting to us is that since ‘Liberation Day’ on April 2nd, a new picture of haven assets is starting to emerge, one which includes bitcoin. Bitcoin has acted less like a liquid levered version of levered US equity beta and more like the non-sovereign issued store of value that it is.”
Bitcoin is currently trading at $95,205 at the time of press. The top-ranked crypto asset on CoinMarketCap is up more than 2% over the past 24 hours.
