Why altcoins fail on Friday

A memorable Friday in the stock market, worries about global trade conditions have intensified many investors, which has inspired many investors to avoid cryptocurrencies all day. In late afternoon trading, it is difficult to find anything that even trades on the side, let alone add to its value.

Top coins among the hosts of disconnectors Ethereum (Encryption: ETH)As of 4 p.m. ET, it was an uninspired example with a price of nearly 3%. Practical encryption Solana (Encryption: sol) and Chain links (Encryption: Link) At that time, it was 4%, and almost 7% fell into red. Same as above, over 8% of slideshow coins Dog (Encrypted: Governor).

Like stock investors (and most of the business world), cryptocurrency leaders are once again upset by the stubborn ongoing trade war. The Trump administration’s initial network of Tit-for-Tat tariffs continues to attract various investments, which is a very understandable concern that taxation will have a negative impact on economic growth.

Image source: Getty Images.

The latest developments in trade are not encouraging. At the end of Thursday's stock market hour, the Court of Appeal overturned the International Trade Court's ruling earlier in the day. The latter agency ruled that many Trump tariffs were illegal because the executive lacked unilateral power to impose them.

This has caused relief in the investment community, including supporters of cryptocurrencies that have not lasted for a long time. Shortly thereafter, the Court of Appeal temporarily restored the relevant tariffs, allowing them to last unpredictable times.

In my opinion, there is a certain level of reaction here. Of course, tariffs are harmful to almost any type of financial assets, but the war is much less destructive than it is afraid of. Trump and his team have pulled out of many of the worst threats, eliminating certain large product categories (such as smartphones), pausing and even significantly reducing other taxes.

That said, there are other headwinds that help themselves in some coins and tokens, and Dogecoin is one of them. This coin is almost undoubtedly the highest meme encryption on the scene, Tesla Elon Musk, CEO and (now apparently) functional officer of the federal government.

This is good when Tesla rides high on the stock exchange, and Domycin often yells in Musk's account on his X (formerly Twitter) account. Now, executives are becoming an increasingly polarized number, which is not conducive, especially his split work at the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge, the acronym known as the convenience).

On Friday, The New York Times An article was published detailing Musk's actions in the early stages of the current Trump administration, in detail in the governor-wide efforts. The newspaper, under the name of the unnamed "People who are familiar with his activities", said Musk acted professionally and personally in an incredible way.

Dogecoin holders will certainly be nervous about the latest blow to the reputation of the coin first-place advocates and traded accordingly.

I feel that while the trade war continues at any level, the sentiment towards cryptocurrencies will remain silent. This opens up the possibility of bargaining, though, because buying is often beneficial when other investors sit on the field at best and sell at the worst. This will be a good time to encrypt the crypto Bulls flag coins and tokens.

This includes Ethereum, as it will undoubtedly retain a waist-bottom coin for the entire asset class. As I've previously, I suggest you consider lowering utility coins, as they are a motor that helps drive cryptocurrency development (because they perform useful functions, compared to something like Dogecoin that still doesn't have practical functions).

Before buying stocks on Ethereum, consider the following:

this Motley Fool Stock Advisor The analyst team just confirmed what they think is 10 Best Stocks Investors buy now…and Ethereum is not one of them. Ten stocks with layoffs could generate monster returns in the coming years.

When to consider Netflix On this list on December 17, 2004...If you invested $1,000 when you suggested, You will have $638,985! * Or when Nvidia This list was listed on April 15, 2005...If you invested $1,000 when you suggested, You will have $853,108! *

Now, it's worth noting Stock ConsultantThe overall average return is 978% - Compared to market sprints 171% For the S&P 500 index. Don't miss the latest top ten list, available when you join Stock Consultant.

View 10 stocks »

*As of May 19, 2025, stock consultants will return the goods

Eric Volkman has a position in Ethereum. Motley fool has a place and recommends Chainlink, Ethereum, Solana and Tesla. Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Why Friday's altcoins was originally published by Motley Fool