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BTC critic Peter Schiff criticized Donald Trump for pressuring Jerome Powell to cut rates. Schiff plans to warn the crypto crowd that the “party is over” at an upcoming conference. Trump is exploring ways to buy Bitcoin using tariff revenues and revalued gold certificates. Bitcoin critic and well-known gold advocate Peter Schiff slammed US President Donald Trump’s handling of tariffs, arguing that US consumers, not foreign producers, are footing the bill through higher prices.  According to him, the supposed “revenue” from tariffs benefits only the US government, not the average American.  With respect to tariffs, Trump keeps saying how much we are getting: what we are getting on cars, and what we are getting on steel. But by “we,” he means the U.S. Govt. Buyers of cars and steel aren’t getting anything but higher-priced cars and steel. They are paying the tariffs. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) April 17, 2025 Schiff also revealed that he would be speaking at a major Bitcoin conference in May to deliver what he calls a ‘reality check,’ echoing his warnings at the 2006 Mortgage Bankers conference before the housing crash. It is clear that Bitcoin is once again caught in the storm of United States economic policy, political pressure, and global trade tensions. Currently trading at $84,645.04, the digital asset is up 5% in the past week, CoinMarketCap data shows. Related: Did the Fed Just Crush Crypto and Stocks’ Recovery Hopes? Could Tariff Money Fund US Bitcoin Buys? Interestingly, this same controversial tariff revenue might now fund one of the boldest shifts in US fiscal strategy: accumulating Bitcoin. Bo Hines, the Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisors on Digital Assets, confirmed the Trump administration is exploring using tariff revenues and revalued gold certificates to fund a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR).  In line with…

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