Is the escalating trade war between China and the USA advantageous to the cryptocurrency sector?
"Data from global multi-asset investment platform eToro shows retail investors are opening more gold and bitcoin positions on news announcements of an escalating US/China trade war. Investors typically pile into gold as a natural hedge against macro economic unrest and data shows a correlation between the number of gold and bitcoin positions on its platform. This could suggest more retail investors are starting to view bitcoin as a store of value." - The London Economic
I think any sort of drama between countries, especially 2 big ones is good news for Bitcoin, due to the aspects of it which directly contest centralised currencies.
There are theories, with decent proof that says that the US is behind the China VS Hong Kong war, but it is dodgy and we'll likely never know the truth.
Looking at the price trends, we know this doesn't affect price that much at all - BTC has been fairly stable these past days and I wouldn't say the trade war has an affect on price.