There are intense allegations and widespread suspicion of insider trading related to last Friday’s crypto crash, with particular focus on a large, anonymous trader who reportedly earned between $160–$200 million by shorting BTC and ETH just 30 minutes before President Trump publicly announced new tariffs on Chinese imports.
Many industry analysts and crypto data firms, such as CoinDesk, have noted that the timing and scale of these trades strongly suggest information asymmetry, indicating that someone may have had advance knowledge of the upcoming market-moving announcement.
