Crypto Chronicles: Tariffs

1-‘Classic business technique’: Trump's Liberation Day tariffs create crypto pandemonium

Some economists worry about an economic downturn, but crypto leaders see short-term disruption and long-term potential.

Tariffs on imports from key U.S. trade partners strain discussions. Trump's approach to trade is similar to his prior trade policies: exploiting economic strain to get advantageous terms.

Trump's 10% tariff would rank the U.S. among the highest-tariff developed nations, with Argentina (11.4%) and Brazil (12.1%).

Before this declaration, U.S. tariff rates averaged 3.4% in 2024, compared to 8.6% globally. China's average tariff rate was 7.3%, whereas the EU's was 5.1%.

2-Trump's crypto reserve requires privacy

With $1.5 billion stolen in the recent ByBit hack, phishing attempts up 58% from 2022 to 2023, and nine out of ten firms reporting security breaches, crypto transactions remain susceptible. Protective infrastructure must be included into reserve-backed chains due to more sophisticated AI-powered deepfakes, voice phishing, and social engineering.

We must rethink digital asset transactions, storage, and security. One option is send to name technology, which produces receive addresses only transaction participants may access, obscuring transaction history. The US crypto strategic reserve may allow frictionless, compliant asset management for people, institutions, and AI-driven financial agents by incorporating this infrastructure and off-chain KYC/AML compliance.

Any national crypto reserve needs a strong security architecture to protect against foreign attacks and internal faults. Cryptographic transaction safeguards, multi-layer authentication, and inbuilt security mechanisms that prohibit illegal approvals must replace bare wallet addresses.

Dynamic, context-aware transaction verification blocks phishing attempts before money are delivered by restricting receive address access to designated counterparties. Adding secure, encrypted communication layers to transaction protocols reduces the need for external messaging platforms, decreasing interception and fraud.

On-chain KYC/AML methods typically compromise user privacy, yet governments and institutions need compliance solutions. A decentralized identity verification layer may keep transactions private while satisfying legal standards by without permanently preserving sensitive data on-chain. Compliance is achieved without constructing attacker-targeted user data honeypots.

With Trump's $500B investment in fast-evolving AI, more AI-driven financial agents managing digital assets on advanced LLMS are inevitable. These must meet high security criteria. These agents need built-in controls to avoid performing transactions with altered prompts or fake counterparties. Zero-trust security models and real-time transaction monitoring reduce hostile actor risk in AI-driven financial systems.

3-April 2025 Solana price forecast

Solana is a blockchain platform for scalable, decentralized apps. San Francisco-based Solana Labs built the blockchain, and Geneva-based Solana Foundation manages the open-source project, formed in 2017.

Solana processes transactions faster and cheaper than Ethereum.

SOL blockchain cryptocurrency, one of the largest by market capitalization, rose about 12,000% in 2021 to over $75 billion. SOL remained among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market value in 2024 and 2025.

Let's explore SOL price projection in April 2025 from a technical and fundamental perspective.

4-HBAR and USDC fiat on-ramp on Hedera using Alchemy Pay

On April 3, the company announced the integration of Hedera and USDC on its blockchain platform, allowing customers to acquire crypto assets using credit cards, bank transfers, and local payment methods. Alchemy Pay launched its blockchain and integrated Movement token and Ledger Live on- and off-ramping functionality.

The company, which has grown rapidly in the crypto payments market, collaborates with Visa, Mastercard, Nuvei, and Apple Pay.

The HBAR Foundation, which supports web3 projects on the Hedera blockchain, supported Hedera. This ecosystem relies on HBAR and USDC, which Alchemy Pay's fiat-crypto solution will boost.

Hedera's growth in asset tokenization and AI will depend on the program.

References

https://crypto.news/trumps-crypto-reserve-needs-a-privacy-layer-opinion/

https://crypto.news/classic-business-technique-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-stir-crypto-chaos/

https://crypto.news/solana-price-prediction-april-2025/

https://crypto.news/alchemy-pay-enables-fiat-on-ramp-for-hbar-and-usdc-on-hedera/