# Are Tariffs Good for BTC?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Feb 5, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/read/are-tariffs-good-for-btc*

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Are Tariffs Good for BTC?

  
  Published on Feb. 5, 2025

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      NEED TO KNOW
    
    
  
  
SEC Gets Muzzled
  

  

 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2025/02/Group-14---2025-02-05T180239.896.png)](https://www.bankless.com/dashboard)- 👮‍♀️ **SEC Scales Back Crypto Enforcement.** The SEC's crypto cops are [getting reassigned](https://www.bankless.com/read/sec-scales-back-crypto-enforcement) elsewhere.
- 🟠 **MicroStrategy Rebrands to ‘Strategy.’ **Michael Saylor makes his aims clear with [Bitcoin-flavored company rebrand](https://www.bankless.com/read/microstrategy-rebrands-to-strategy).
- 😮 **Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Banks Over Crypto Debanking.** The Democratic Senator finally [calls out](https://www.bankless.com/read/sen-warren-calls-out-banks-for-crypto-debanking-2) a bad thing as bad.
📸**Daily Market Snapshot: **With just about every non-stable altcoin in the top 100 down by 10% this week and a healthy chunk of them down more than 25%, it's a good time to be king. BTC is showing relative strength with [dominance](https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTC.D/) climbing as the asset weathers the trade war volatility storm better than most.

Prices as of 6pm ET
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  **Crypto**
   
          $3.17T
       

  
    
    ↘ 1.1%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 7.1%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/btc.png)
    

  **BTC**
   
          $96,187
       

  
    
    ↘ 1.4%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 7.6%
    
  

       ![](https://banklesspublic.b-cdn.net/eth.png)
    

  **ETH**
   
          $2,757
       

  
    
    ↗ 1.9%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 12.0%  

 

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ANALYSIS

  
  

What is DeFAI?

  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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      Kazu Umemoto](https://www.bankless.com/author/kazu)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2025/02/image---2025-02-05T181258.118.png)](https://www.bankless.com/read/what-is-defai-2)DeFi is one of the core pillars in crypto. AI agents have begun to capture excitement as an emerging opportunity.

Now, projects are being built out that will allow users to type in an action-oriented prompt and an AI agent will carry out the trade or swap in the background, pioneering a whole new sector of crypto called DeFAI (DeFi + AI). 

*Don't ask us exactly how to pronounce it, but we can tell you why it's worth paying attention to. *👇** **

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