Why is Trump being criticized in the crypto circle?
Why does Trump choose Wall Street's rest days to make calls?
Trump has indeed made most retail investors profit in the market.
• Short-term get-rich-quick effect: After Trump's victory, Bitcoin rose from $75k in November to over $100k in December, reaching a high point of $109k on January 20 when he took office (assuming this data). $TRUMP coin and $SOL (Solana, due to the hot trading on-chain) also surged, and as long as retail investors entered early and bought low, they indeed made a significant profit. Some say: 'Trump's coin issuance ignited SOL, on-chain trading volume exploded, and retail investors followed to make a profit.'
• The 'mercy' of weekend operations: 'If it's a call during Wall Street working hours, Wall Street will suppress it.' Trump often speaks on weekends or during non-trading hours (for example, pushing $TRUMP on the weekend of January 19), and Wall Street institutions are unable to react in time, allowing retail investors to take advantage in the retail-led spot market. There are similar comments: 'Trump issues coins on weekends, shorts are targeted, and retail investors are smiling.'
• In contrast to Wall Street's 'open conspiracy': Wall Street 'makes retail investors study the economy, candlestick charts, and gaps.' Wall Street relies on information asymmetry and complex strategies (such as quantitative trading and hedge funds crashing the market) to harvest retail investors, while Trump's approach is more like 'open cards' — making calls, issuing coins, and pumping, straightforward and crude, allowing retail investors to profit if they follow correctly without having to analyze upper and lower shadows.
Wall Street institutional players (hedge funds, banks) have a huge influence in the futures market, for example, the CME Bitcoin futures trading hours are from Monday to Friday. If Trump makes a call on a working day, institutions may quickly short-sell or pump it up before crashing it, using leverage and capital advantages to harvest retail investors. The weekend spot market (such as Binance, Coinbase, etc.) is more retail-led, and Trump's actions effectively give retail investors a 'head start' window.
