{"id":394077,"date":"2019-08-23T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=394077"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:24:40","slug":"bitcoin-rises-minutes-after-china-announces-additional-tariffs-on-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-rises-minutes-after-china-announces-additional-tariffs-on-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Rises Minutes After China Announces Additional Tariffs on US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin began an impressive price surge minutes after China announced<\/a> that it would slap additional tariffs on US goods.<\/p>\n

Beijing said late Friday that it would increase taxes on $70 billion worth of US imports of between 5 and 10 percent. That progressed its already worsening trade dispute with Washington which last week had announced a similar tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin spikes after China announced additional tariffs on US goods | Image credits: TradingView.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The BTC\/USD instrument spiked by $355, or 3.52 percent, to establish a local high towards $10,449.52 on San Francisco-based Coinbase exchange. The move uphill appeared shortly after China’s announcement, validating bitcoin’s growing correlation with the global trade dispute. Investors\/speculators evidently went bullish on the cryptocurrency’s near-term price prospects, a move similar to many ever since the US-China trade war picked momentum.<\/p>\n

Renminbi Down<\/h2>\n

Sentiments towards the Chinese Renminbi dwindled on Friday, with analyst predicting the national currency would fall further due to the tariff announcement. As of 10:00 UTC, one dollar bought 7.079 yuan, the unit of the renminbi. Earlier, the price had dropped towards 7,099, a level never-touched-before since the financial crisis 11 years ago.<\/p>\n

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Currencies across the globe crashing to all-time, or multi-decade lows, and no one talking about. Gee, I wonder if #Bitcoin<\/a> will succeed. See the Yuan, Rupee, Peso (Mexican and Argentine), Euro, Rand, Brazilian Real, etc.<\/p>\n

— Andy Hoffman\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb (@Andy_Hoffman_CG) August 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n