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However, what’s striking is that crypto selling began more than an hour before Trump’s tariff announcement. Data indicates large traders (often called whales) were already shorting aggressively before the news hit the mainstream. Many of these positions were newly created accounts, implying insider knowledge and premeditated positioning. Reports from analysts like Marty Party argue that this insider activity—particularly on decentralized exchanges like Hyperliquid—netted over $192 million in profit, coinciding precisely with the market bottom.