China, Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN nations have issued a joint statement opposing rising trade protectionism and pushing back against Trump’s tariffs.

Insane Trump strategy to reestablish U.S. hegemony has reunited East Asia under Chinese patronage.

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What we have here is the exact opposite of "making America great".

Binance with 200 mln users and Tether with ~150bln market cap have long been the go-to crypto players for developing countries. While Coinbase and local players (e.g. Bitpanda/Kraken and similar entities) compete in their local markets, they are not dominant in markets outside of those geographies. Binance has gobbled up most developing countries and have faced regulatory issues in Europe, US and Singapore. 

The CEO of Binance was sentenced to jail in the US for 4 months and paid a large fine ($4.3bn), and roughly around the same time, the SEC and NYDFS put Binance’s stablecoin BUSD (which peaked at $23bn market cap) out of business.

Master plan is detailed here

https://warpcast.com/chaplino/0x0f11b1bb

It’s surprising how Trump’s tariffs have brought East Asian nations closer together, with China now playing a bigger role in the region’s trade.

What if that was part of the « we are surrounded » strategy & narrative … History repeats itself 