Evident manipulation in the markets?

Hello friends of Project HOPE, good day everyone, great start to the week. Today I want to share with you something that happened yesterday (03/03/2025) and that clearly shows how markets can be easily manipulated, especially crypto. It turns out that Donald Trump, former president of the United States and current candidate for this year's elections, published two tweets on Sunday, March 2, and with that, in a matter of hours, we saw how the crypto market skyrocketed.

This is something we have seen before, not only with Trump, but with other influential people, but yesterday was a perfect case of how simple words can move billions of dollars. The tweets were quite direct:In one of them he talked about the creation of the reserve in Solana, XRP and ADA. But then came a second where he talked about obviously BTC and Ethereum too. Not even half an hour passed and prices began to react.

To give you an idea, Bitcoin had been falling in recent days, it was around $82,000 and it seemed like it would continue to fall. But after Trump's tweets, in a matter of minutes it rose to touch $95,000. Not only Bitcoin, but Ethereum and other major cryptos also saw an immediate boost. And this is where the question of manipulation comes in.

Because this is not just a coincidence. It is not the first time that Trump or some other politician, businessman or billionaire makes a comment about crypto and suddenly the market reacts strongly. It's happened before with Elon Musk and his tweets about Dogecoin, with SEC statements on regulations, and with announcements of big banks entering or leaving the sector. The question here is: *who benefits from this? *

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If we think about it, those who really make money with these movements are not small investors who react late, but those who have inside information or who can anticipate these manipulations. Someone who bought Bitcoin a couple of hours before Trump's tweet could have made a good sum of money in a matter of minutes. Not to mention those who operate with leverage.

The most worrying thing about all this is that, even though the crypto market is supposed to be decentralized and free of government manipulations, in practice we see that it is still very sensitive to what certain public figures say. And this is not just in crypto, it also happens in the stock markets. A simple rumor, statement, or even a leak of information can cause a stock or digital asset to skyrocket or crash.

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In the end, what is clear is that you have to be careful. We cannot get carried away by the hype every time someone important mentions crypto in a tweet or in an interview. Many like volatility because it allows big profits in a short time, but it also means big risks.

So, if we learned anything yesterday, it is that markets can be easily manipulated, and the worst thing is that this will continue to happen. What do you think? Do you think it was a coincidence or that there is something more behind these movements? Let's see how all this goes in the next few days… Good week.

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