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#Gate广场四月发帖挑战
The White House has officially denied this, confirming that Trump is not hospitalized, but is handling official business at the White House. In light of the crypto market you’re following, this removes the short-term risk-off sentiment triggered by a “power vacuum,” and market logic will refocus on geopolitical conflicts (Iran) and inflation (OPEC+).
🏥 Core facts of the debunking
Source: The rumor began on April 4th (Friday). An anonymous account claimed that Trump was rushed to Walter Reed Medical Center, and even that his life was hanging in the balance.
Debunking: White House Communications Director Steven Cheung and the official account “Rapid Response 47” explicitly denied it, saying that Trump had been working in the Oval Office throughout the Easter weekend, and dismissing the related rumors as “delusional conspiracy theories.”
Truth: The so-called “hospitalization video,” upon verification, was found to be old footage from after the 2024 shooting incident, maliciously spliced together. There are also Marine guards stationed at the West Wing, which further supports that the President was working from inside the office.
💎 The real impact on the crypto market
Sentiment “bad news fully realized”: If the hospitalization rumor were true, it would trigger fears about the continuity of U.S. policy, which would benefit safe-haven assets (such as BTC). After the debunking, this portion of the “panic premium” was squeezed out, and the market returned to rationality.
The main theme remains unchanged: Geopolitical risk (Iran) and inflation pressure (OPEC+) are still the core logic driving the market right now—not Trump’s personal health. BTC’s “inflation hedge/safe-haven” attributes remain valid, but it no longer gets an additional surge from “political uncertainty.”
Trading tip: When markets open on Monday (April 6th), be alert to a short-term, emotion-driven pullback caused by the debunking (especially the weekend hype around MEME coins about “chaos”), but in the medium to long term, you should still focus on RWA (inflation hedge) and AI/DePIN (compute power) positioning.
In one sentence: Trump isn’t hospitalized, so the market has one less reason to hype “chaos,” but the stagflation environment caused by high oil prices is still a breeding ground for BTC and RWA.