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US stocks fell sharply on Thursday as President Donald Trump imposed sweeping trade tariffs, with analysts suggesting the White House administration is seeking to slow the economy to curb inflation and ease the debt burden.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent noted that the decline was mostly due to the decline of the “Magnificent Seven” — which includes Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ), Meta (NASDAQ: META ), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA ) and others — rather than Trump’s trade measures. He said the Nasdaq’s all-time high coincided with Chinese AI firm Deepseek launching advanced language models, raising concerns about the competitiveness of U.S. tech companies.

Wall Street Indices as of 11:00 AM ET April 3, 2025

Observers speculate that Trump's inner circle is deliberately engineering a downturn to facilitate the restructuring of the country's massive debt obligations. The strategy has already wiped more than a trillion dollars off the value of U.S. stocks and pushed investors into safe-haven assets such as gold , which has reached new highs.

Total value of the crypto economy as of 11:00 AM ET April 3, 2025.

Does everyone who says we have a "great economy" realize we have $37 trillion in debt and it costs over $1 trillion to service it? - this is the question entrepreneur Jacob Canfield asked his subscribers.

The only way out is to refinance our debt at lower interest rates. And the only way to get lower rates? Crash the market. Put pressure on the Fed. Force them to lower rates. When rates go down, the US can roll over debt cheaper. When you get cheap debt, everything goes up.

Cryptocurrencies have also suffered big losses. Canfield doesn’t see this as a big problem, writing that “in the short term, we’ll see a crash in real estate, stocks, and cryptocurrencies, and a boom in gold and precious metals. In the long term, new all-time highs across the board.”

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The first quarter of 2025 has been a bad one for cryptocurrency traders as many of the largest digital assets have collapsed in price.

For example, Bitcoin (BTC) lost 11.21% to $82,988, while Ethereum (ETH) fell 44.31% to $1,857, reducing the sector's market capitalization from $3.25 trillion to $2.65 trillion (minus $600 billion).

Total cryptocurrency market capitalization for the current year. Source: TradingView

To take the emotion out of things and give food for thought, ChatGPT-4o's advanced artificial intelligence (AI) was tasked with creating the perfect crypto portfolio for the second quarter of this year.

ChatGPT turned out to be relatively conservative in its choice: up to 40% of the AI ​​recommended to be allocated to Bitcoin, as BTC remains a strong contender for long-term growth.

The AI ​​allocated 25% to Ethereum, since ETH is “the leading platform for decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts.”

15% went to Binance Coin ( BNB ) due to its important role in the exchange's ecosystem, while 10% should be given to Cardano ( ADA ) due to the token's "research-based approach and focus on security and sustainability."

Finally, the AI ​​called for allocating 5% each to Solana (SOL) “due to its high throughput and low transaction costs” and growing ecosystem, and to Polkadot (DOT) due to its facilitation of interoperability between different blockchains.

According to ChatGPT, investing in cryptocurrencies is the best choice in turbulent times, although it is a winning strategy only for long-term investors.

ChatGPT Predicts Possible Q2 Results for Crypto Portfolio.

The minimum investment amount for the AI-designed portfolio is $500, although it has set a range of $5,000 to $15,000 as the ideal option.

ChatGPT described the minimum, maximum and optimal investment sizes for a crypto portfolio.

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Metaplanet has strengthened its position among the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holders after acquiring another 696 BTC worth about $67.8 million on April 1. The Japanese company now holds about 4,046 coins, which are currently valued at $350 million.

The new purchase has propelled Metaplanet past Bitcoin Group and Semler Scientific in the ranking of corporate bitcoin holders, taking an honorable ninth place.

Interestingly, the company acquired additional coins using a dual strategy: it bought 645.74 BTC using put options and earned an additional 50.26 BTC in the form of a premium on the same options.

Metaplanet began selling cash-backed Bitcoin put options in the first quarter of fiscal 2025. This approach has earned it over ¥770 million in operating profit (50.26 BTC) in premiums.

The options were sold at higher bitcoin prices early in the quarter, the company said, and were either exercised or expired, allowing the firm to accumulate bitcoin at favorable prices. The ¥770 million raised from the options represents 25.7% of Metaplanet’s ¥3 billion financial plan for the year.

The company also reported that Bitcoin's returns in the first quarter of 2025 exceeded expectations, reaching 95.6% compared to the average of 35%.

Metaplanet shares began to recover after the deal was announced. They rose 2% to about 409 yen, according to Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) Finance, after falling more than 17% last week.

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