April 2, 2025, is destined to become a key node in the global financial markets. U.S. President Trump is expected to announce corresponding tariff measures at 3 PM on Wednesday (3:00 AM Beijing time the next day) in the White House Rose Garden.
Due to concerns over the imposition of tariffs, U.S. stocks plummeted on March 28, with technology stocks leading the decline. The market capitalization of the seven major tech giants (including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) evaporated by approximately $505 billion, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell by 2.95%. This marks the largest single-day decline since the U.S. stock market crash on March 10, indicating a severe adjustment at the end of the first quarter of 2025.
In the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin dropped from $84,000 on the afternoon of March 29 to $81,644 over 8 hours, a decrease of more than 3%, and then on March 3