Peter Schiff Slams Donald Trump Over Alleged “Pump and Dump” Scheme Amid 9% Crypto Market Crash

Peter Schiff says US President Donald Trump has pulled off the biggest crypto rug pull ever after he announced that certain altcoins will be added to the strategic crypto reserve on Sunday amid a 9% crypto market crash.

Schiff accused Trump of orchestrating a “pump and dump scheme” in a March 3 X post, and has now called for Congress to investigate the President and those close to him for their alleged role in the recent volatility.

That’s after prices, especially of all of the cryptos mentioned in Trump’s posts on Sunday including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and XRP, all soared. In the last 24 hours, however, all of these cryptos’ prices underwent steep corrections.

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Liquidations In Recent Crypto Market Crash Top $1 Billion

Schiff’s call for a Congressional investigation comes amid a crypto market crash, with prices across the digital asset space suffering steep drops in the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin, the largest crypto by market cap, plunged over 9% to trade at $84,010.98 as of 7:16 a.m. EST. This was after BTC’s price stood at above $93.6K just yesterday following a rally ignited by Trump’s strategic reserve posts.

The pullback in crypto prices led to more than $1.09 billion in liquidations in the crypto market over the past 24 hours, according to Glassnode. Over $932 million of these liquidations were long positions from traders that predicted further upside in the market.

Rumors That Trump Will Announce 0% Capital Gains Tax For Crypto Begin To Circulate

Trump said yesterday that he will be making a “BIG” announcement today, and “tell it like it is.” Crypto investors likely panic sold to brace for a potential market correction. 

Some are more optimistic about Trump’s announcement, with rumors the US President will announce a 0% capital gains tax for crypto. This could incentivize more investors to buy and hold crypto for the long term.

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