Bitcoin plunged to $102,000 in the Binance perpetual futures pair after Trump announced sweeping tariffs on China on Friday, reigniting fears of a broader market sell-off.
Vince Quill & Ray Salmond
Vince Quill is a staff writer at Cointelegraph. He covers cryptocurrencies, macroeconomics, and financial news. His reporting has also been syndicated by ZeroHedge and featured on the Coin Bureau YouTube channel. Prior to working as a financial journalist, Quill spent more than five years as a political opinion writer and has experience in real estate investing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ray Salmond is the Head of Markets, an editor and writer at Cointelegraph. He has worked in various niches of the crypto sector since 2017. Ray has co-hosted multiple podcasts and YouTube shows at Cointelegraph and other media outlets, where he explores real-world crypto use and analysis of crypto and macro markets. Prior to Cointelegraph, Ray was head of content at Berminal, a crypto-media-focused DApp. Ray has experience as a prop trader and was a strategic adviser to a US-based Bitcoin mining company, which transitioned to new ownership via a merger and acquisition in 2023. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Nottingham.
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Bitcoin plummets to $102K on Binance as Trump announces 100% tariffs on China