Since Trump’s partial reversal on higher tariffs for dozen of trading partners, stocks and crypto have moved together far more than can plausibly be explained by news.
Much has been made about how stocks and cryptocurrency assets have become correlated ever since President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2.
This is taken as evidence that the initial proposal was bad — and the subsequent postponement good — for risk assets in general, as might be expected if the main fear is that the tariffs will trigger a recession.
Unfortunately, much of the commentary has contained mo...