Trump didn't fire a single bullet, yet Bitcoin surged ahead! Shorts lost 600 million, and my social circle exploded.

Last night, a friend of mine who was shorting Bitcoin saw his account go to zero.

Not because of hackers, not due to a mistake in his operations, but because a man who was still talking about "carpet bombing Iran" just 72 hours ago suddenly posted on Truth Social:

"I agree to pause the bombing of Iran for two weeks."

With that one sentence, he lost $60k.

You think Bitcoin rose on its own?

No, it was Trump himself who pressed the rocket button.

On Tuesday night at 8 PM Eastern Time, just when everyone thought war was about to break out fully, oil prices would spike to $200, and safe-haven assets would plummet—Trump suddenly changed his tune.

He said: We have achieved all military objectives, even exceeded them, and now we are negotiating peace with Iran.

Iran responded immediately: You stop, we stop. The Strait of Hormuz, oil tankers can pass freely.

And then what happened?

- Oil prices plummeted 10%, WTI dropped from $105 directly to $95.

- US stock futures soared, Nasdaq futures jumped 2.2%.

- Bitcoin soared 5%, breaking through $72,700.

Do you know who suffered the most?

It’s not those who were long but didn’t heavily leverage, but the shorts who thought "war will definitely make Bitcoin fall."

Over the past month, they kept saying: War will push oil prices higher → oil prices will boost inflation → inflation will raise interest rates → high rates will ruin risk assets. The logic seemed perfect, right?

Then, a ceasefire announcement wiped out nearly $600 million in liquidations across the internet.

Of which, $400 million was shorts.

$400 million, wiped out in a second by a single bullish candle.

You think you’re trading based on logic? Actually, you’re just reacting to the lag in Trump’s social media posts.

What’s the most impressive part this time?

The longs didn’t even have to put in much effort.

Bitcoin was bouncing between $60K and $70K from February to March—longs and shorts both afraid to go all-in. No one dared to heavily leverage. Then Trump’s post broke $72K directly.

Those who went long didn’t even have time to celebrate because they didn’t expect it to rise so fast.

But the shorts got wrecked.

A brother in my group posted a screenshot last night: His short at $71,200 was liquidated at $71,500. Just $300 short.

He said: I was watching the chart for three days, then went to the bathroom.

In crypto, more important than technical analysis is Trump’s constipation. When he pulls, the market moves.

You think you’re shorting Bitcoin? Actually, you’re just engaging in human stupidity.

$600 million in liquidations can be triggered by just one politician’s “but.”

So, where did those who got wrecked go wrong?

Not in being bearish, but in thinking the market is rational.

Over the past month, everyone has been applying traditional financial logic to Bitcoin:

- War → oil prices rise → inflation → rate hikes → BTC drops.

- Ceasefire → oil prices fall → inflation cools → rate cut expectations → BTC rises.

Is the logic correct? Yes.

But the problem is, the market doesn’t wait for the logic to play out; it waits for Trump’s post first.

You’re calculating MACD, RSI, Fibonacci on your candlestick charts, but a single Truth Social post can break through $72K.

That’s why so many traditional funds can’t get into crypto—they don’t understand blockchain, but they can’t handle this “irrationality.”

But think about it—when has the crypto world ever been rational?

On March 12, 2020, it dropped 40% in a day—rational?

On May 19, 2021, the entire network liquidated—rational?

In 2022, FTX collapsed, SBF was still tweeting from jail—rational?

The biggest rationality in crypto is accepting that it’s always irrational.

This time, the breakthrough past $72K—do you think it was because of the ceasefire?

No, it’s because everyone forgot: Trump never plays by the rules.

Oil prices plummeted, US stocks soared, Bitcoin hit a new high for the year—all at the same time—just because a 74-year-old man posted three lines on his social platform.

So, what should we do next?

1. Don’t try to reason with this market. Those who do have been liquidated.

2. Before Trump posts again, it’s best to hold some long positions.

Did you get wrecked this time? Or did you already position yourself in advance? #Gate广场四月发帖挑战 $BTC