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The crypto euphoria that coincided with Donald Trump's return to the White House is showing signs of fatigue.

To be fair, the move has little to do with crypto itself; values are down because of a feared trade war and waning consumer confidence. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been the biggest headline maker, falling 8.2% over the past 24 hours as of 11:45 a.m. ET. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is down 9.2% over that time, and Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is off 9.1%.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence survey registered its biggest decline since 2021 in February.

Asian shares were broadly lower on jitters from Trump's tariff threats against trade partners.

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