Trump Found a New Way to Pump BTC

[Alpen]

Bitcoin climbed over the weekend to hit a major resistance zone on the daily chart. A clean break above this level could finally snap it out of this prolonged sideways grind. This rally kicked off with the new year, fueled by Donald Trump's promises of a military operation in Venezuela. The market reacted positively to the arrest of Venezuela's president.



Trump is promising to continue solving political problems with a show of force. The list of potential targets is mind-boggling: Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, and Iran. Maybe I missed a few, or maybe new countries got added to the list while I was writing this.

Recent history shows Bitcoin tends to benefit from military escalation. Remember January 2020: after the U.S. strike on Iranian General Soleimani, Bitcoin instantly spiked, acting as "digital gold" while stock markets fell. A similar surge in interest for crypto happened at the start of the European conflict in 2022.

So, once again, the American president seems to have found a way to pump Bitcoin. The crypto market has every chance of repeating its pre-election rally against this backdrop of geopolitical storms.

[Wiwo]

Bitcoin price is currently at $93,000, and this price is not a major resistance recovery to call it a pump,  in the past week's bitcoin price have recovered to this price on multiple times.

We shouldn't ascribed bitcoin current price to political events and wars.

Bitcoin is much bigger than relying on news of military actions that could be temporarily and subject to change at anytime

[Dave1]

We shouldn't ascribed bitcoin current price to political events and wars.

This one, as much as we can affect the price with the geo-political thing that is going around, I don't think it will be enough to say that we are pumping or Trump uses his power to influence the price. I don't want to say this, but there could be entities who take advantage of the news and try to pump it hard. But I will be cautious as this will turn out to be just artificial pump as after reaching $94k-$95k, we might see a dump.

Bitcoin is much bigger than relying on news of military actions that could be temporarily and subject to change at anytime

Bitcoin is too big to fall, and if we look at it's history, we could be in the bearish season already. Meaning that the price will go and decline regardless if there is a military action by Trump to Venezuela or any other country that he threatens like Columbia or Cuba.

[asriloni]

I don't think Trump was intentionally did it. I believe it's only a chain effect from many people who worrying about the escalation is getting even further, then they are trying to re-invest their money onto the hedging asset such as Bitcoin. However, i don't even think this will be last long. It will be until US is still find a reliable guy to runs Venezuela under them.

So, i think this chain effect is not gonna be last longer. However, i've heard Venezuela is having like 600k Bitcoin. If it was also the reason why US captured Maduro(^{other than oil reserve)}. It can be a sense reason why BTC is surging, however, it's still speculation.

[philipma1957]

well silver went up a lot
gold went up a lot
btc went up
ltc went up
eth went up
doge went up

oil is flat

hard to tell with trump.

lets see if he goes for Cuba or Greenland.

and lets see if China goes for Taiwan and Russia continues to attack the Ukraine.

very interesting world we have this year.

[Emjay24]

I know for sure that these are mere speculations of yours that Trump use of force to arrest leaders of sovereign nations is a tactics to pump bitcoin. Bitcoin is bigger than that and is still going sideways instead of going up as you have pointed out.

Even if it as a reaction to Trump actions, then it is people investing their money in assets they consider safe.

If Trump is directly behind the pump, then we should be more afraid because it is a fake positive and he as a business man and can initiate a counter activity and dump it anytime he wishes.

[m2017]

I don't think Trump was intentionally did it.

Of course not (speculative thoughts). Trump probably has plenty of other concerns besides the idea of ​​pumping up bitcoin with a military invasion.

I believe it's only a chain effect from many people who worrying about the escalation is getting even further, then they are trying to re-invest their money onto the hedging asset such as Bitcoin.

When a country's president is kidnapped, it will undoubtedly impact the economy, meaning it's foolish to keep savings in the national currency. It's a normal reaction for people to try to preserve their "wealth" in the face of force majeure. Given that it's unknown what will happen next in the country, and many citizens may be forced to emigrate, what's the best way to transfer "wealth" in this situation? Bitcoin, of course. This is how a chain reaction is triggered.

However, i don't even think this will be last long. It will be until US is still find a reliable guy to runs Venezuela under them.

I also believe this is a temporary pump and won't last long.

Most likely, the US already has a prepared new president in place (well in advance of all these events). However, I don't think that with the new president's arrival, people will immediately stop buying bitcoin to hedge their risks, as Venezuela's economy is still far from stabilizing.

So, i think this chain effect is not gonna be last longer. However, i've heard Venezuela is having like 600k Bitcoin. If it was also the reason why US captured Maduro(^{other than oil reserve)}. It can be a sense reason why BTC is surging, however, it's still speculation.

And that's an even more speculative theory. Bitcoin might be a nice bonus, but it's certainly not a target for open aggression against another country. Or, perhaps, someday in the future, we'll see something similar?

[Cryptohygenic]

Bitcoin climbed over the weekend to hit a major resistance zone on the daily chart. A clean break above this level could finally snap it out of this prolonged sideways grind. This rally kicked off with the new year, fueled by Donald Trump's promises of a military operation in Venezuela. The market reacted positively to the arrest of Venezuela's president.

Wtf? There had not been a time the world had been a quiet place entirely with no war or crisis since Trump has been on seat and he had also been involved in the circumstances but neither had the price of bitcoin been manipulated to pump on that course.
Are you insinuating that the ally's of this Venezuela president had of a sudden pushed their monies to bitcoin for some safety and privacy reasons? Or there is a powerful influence the president has over the bitcoin market or arresting presidents is part of the events to manipulate bitcoin price?
I just think the cause of this resistance breakout is energized as a maturity of recent buyers and we should expect more because since the last time of the previous year we have been expecting this rebound.

[logfiles]

It's delusional to think that every slight price movement of Bitcoin has to be connected to the actions of the United States of America and Donald Trump. Give us a break, for Pete's sake. The world does not rotate around the USA or trump.

I can barely call it a pump but yeah we have to find ways to applaud trump for pumping BTC 

[Free Market Capitalist]

It's delusional to think that every slight price movement of Bitcoin has to be connected to the actions of the United States of America and Donald Trump. Give us a break, for Pete's sake. The world does not rotate around the USA or trump.

I can barely call it a pump but yeah we have to find ways to applaud trump for pumping BTC 

Well, he has more influence than we would like. We saw repeatedly in 2025 how simple statements he made (about tariffs, for example) shook the markets, in this case negatively, causing them to react downward. In this specific case of Venezuela, either we cannot attribute a direct effect, or if it has had one, it has been positive, contrary to what others think.

[Minor Miner]

However, i've heard Venezuela is having like 600k Bitcoin. If it was also the reason why US captured Maduro(^{other than oil reserve)}. It can be a sense reason why BTC is surging, however, it's still speculation.

I saw this rumor circulating on social media that Venezuela is holding around 600k BTC, and this is one of the reasons Trump attacked and arrested Maduro. But I think this is just a somewhat delusional conspiracy theory from some bitcoin investors. 600k BTC is only worth about 50 billion, and that's nothing compared to Venezuela's $17 trillion oil reserves. So, this hypothesis is quite ridiculous.

In addition, not only Bitcoin but also the stock market opened the new week in the green. Even the prices of gold, silver, and oil futures are rising. This is a rare case where both safe haven and risky assets grow together.

[Popkon6]

Bitcoin price is naturally increasing in phases, because it is increasing gradually and has touched $93k, so we cannot call such a life as a big and permanent pump in the Bitcoin market. Currently, the Venezuelan Prime Minister has been arrested at the instigation of Donald Trump but this has not created any big pump in the market. However, we can attribute it to the fact that Michael Saylor is buying Bitcoin weekly and his long-term holding may have created a Bitcoin market pump.

[hugeblack]

Recent history shows Bitcoin tends to benefit from military escalation. Remember January 2020: after the U.S. strike on Iranian General Soleimani, Bitcoin instantly spiked, acting as "digital gold" while stock markets fell. A similar surge in interest for crypto happened at the start of the European conflict in 2022.

I do not think that this is an accurate analysis. In such an analysis, when an event occurs, some look at the price of Bitcoin. If it rises, this means that this is positive news, and vice versa. I'm sure if the price dropped the analysis would be completely different.

[FinneysTrueVision]

I see you are still writing AI generated nonsense so you can shill some dodgy exchange.

Bitcoin is around the same price it was a month ago. Moving a single digit percent amount in a few days is barely a pump.

Recent history shows Bitcoin tends to benefit from military escalation. Remember January 2020

There’s been many escalations these past six years. The world is in a perpetual state of conflict. The price doesn’t always go up whenever there’s a major incident.

[Alpha Marine]

So, once again, the American president seems to have found a way to pump Bitcoin. The crypto market has every chance of repeating its pre-election rally against this backdrop of geopolitical storms.

What is the constant urge to always attribute every bitcoin moment to the US president? Is that what Bitcoin has been reduced to? Bitcoin has been around $88k since last month, so moving above $90k is not a significant thing that you have to say the president did. I doubt the US president has been having Bitcoin on his mind when he is making decisions.
If for anything, the operation of the US military in Venezuela should have a negative effect. Instability is bad for Bitcoin, and we were lucky the events did not escalate more than this.
Not every time there is an upward movement in bitcoin is due to the actions or policies of the POTUS. Bitcoin has been going upward and downward even without Trump.

[Fiatless]

Recent history shows Bitcoin tends to benefit from military escalation. Remember January 2020: after the U.S. strike on Iranian General Soleimani, Bitcoin instantly spiked, acting as "digital gold" while stock markets fell. A similar surge in interest for crypto happened at the start of the European conflict in 2022.

So, once again, the American president seems to have found a way to pump Bitcoin. The crypto market has every chance of repeating its pre-election rally against this backdrop of geopolitical storms.

The insinuation that the Bitcoin price increases during military escalations might not be true. The price of Bitcoin dropped when the US attacked Iran last year. And the price recovered after the ceasefire.

lets see if he goes for Cuba or Greenland.

and lets see if China goes for Taiwan and Russia continues to attack the Ukraine.

very interesting world we have this year.

If it is China or Russia, it is an invasion. When it is the US, it is fighting against terrorism, drugs, and religious extremism. What is the US justification to stop China if it attacks Taiwan?

[Proty]

 I am quite confused with your statement, however do think that this isn't what actually triggered bitcoin price to rise to the current price it is now . It may just be a coincidence that the price was on the verge of moving up during the time of military intervention in Venezuela.To me I don't see anything strange about the recent price hike Moreover it isn't odd to the history of bitcoin.
One thing is certain there is always a bear and a bull cycle, we mustn't read unnecessary mean from every market trends.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Trump is promising to continue solving political problems with a show of force.

We should never expect any positive impact from what the government of US may do to have effect on bitcoin, because this is not even part of their targets or agenda to consider pumping, instead they are more political inclined, we should also not expect that the way the market is performing was from the influence received form them, because bitcoin is self sustainable, since it operates under a decentralized system, we don't need government to achieve whatsoever thing we needed.

[davis196]

1.This so called "price pump" might come to an end pretty fast and the price might go back to 85K-89K USD.
2.The Bitcoin price goes up because the demand for BTC goes up, not because Trump had decided to "invade" Venezuela(I don't see any invasion). What pushes the demand for BTC up? The Venezuelans started buying more BTC? I don't know about this. I hear rumors that Iran started selling weapons for crypto. Maybe Iran is buying more BTC to bypass certain sanctions and to stop the collapse of it's national currency. I totally don't believe in the idea, that the USA occupying Greenland could pump the Bitcoin price back to 100K USD.

[noorman0]

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I don't think it will be enough to say that we are pumping or Trump uses his power to influence the price.

I agree with you: whales love big stories to sell slowly to the public, who largely view political tensions as "buy the rumor, sell the news." I don't think even Trump cares about Bitcoin's value when he creates tensions everywhere, even if it involves war; that's not his motive.