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# 📰 This Week’s Market Intel Drop
- URL: https://www.thealphaclub.io/this-weeks-market-intel-drop-2/
- Published: 2025-03-27T04:33:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-27T04:33:59.000Z
- Author: Matt Wayne

**Markets bounced hard** after last weekend’s **4.5–5% drop**, which sent **BTC to 76K** — all sparked by rising **trade war fears** from President Trump.

Here’s the quick breakdown of what's going on in crypto land:

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### 🇺🇸 What’s Driving Markets?

- **Trump’s New “Tariff” Plan**: Not traditional tariffs — he’s calling them *levies*.
  - Using **emergency powers** \+ **Section 301 probes** on trading partners.
  - Mixed signals = uncertainty.
- **Powell’s FOMC Comments**:
  - Inflation is **still a concern**, but trade war impact may be **transitory**
  - No rate cuts **anytime soon**, employment still strong.
- **Consumer Confidence Crashing** 📉
  - Lowest since **Jan 2021**
  - Especially bad among 55+ age group
  - FED isn’t too worried, but **PCE (Friday)** is the **real key** macro signal.

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### 💥 Market Moves & Reactions

- **BTC rebounded to 88K**, but struggling at resistance.
- Stocks also bounced, including **$TSLA**, which I added on the dip.
- **Memecoins saw action**, including **FARTCOIN**, which I’m bidding in the **0.3–0.5 range**.

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### 📊 What’s Next?

- **Friday’s PCE report** is the big one:
  - YoY inflation expected at **2.5%**
  - **Core PCE** may tick up to **2.7%**
- **April 2 Tariffs** still coming — we don’t know exactly what form yet.
- **Quarterly expiry** coming Friday; open interest near **$100K BTC** not expected to trigger major moves.

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### 👀 My Current Positioning

- **Bias: Defensive** — macro still soft, trade war unclear.
- Watching for **dips to 82–83K**, possibly **back to 73K**
- If **PCE drops**, we could rally to **92K** short-term.
- **Not deploying heavily** unless BTC drops near 76K again or trade war clears.

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### 🔐 Bonus Notes

- **Long-term Solana buy zone**: Under **$120**
- **BTC long zone**: Under **$80K**
- Hedging with **April/May $55 IBIT calls**
- Riding **$TSLA longs** for potential move to **$300+**

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