The New York stock market closed mixed, while the Bitcoin price is hovering around $82,000.
According to global virtual asset market monitoring site CoinMarketCap, as of 8:10 a.m. on the 1st, the Bitcoin price recorded $82,542, up 0.46% compared to 24 hours earlier. Ethereum, the representative of altcoins (virtual assets excluding Bitcoin), traded at $1,826, up 1.51% compared to the previous day, while Ripple (XRP) recorded $2.08, down 1.97%.
The Donald Trump administration announced a reciprocal tariff plan on the 2nd (local time), while the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) raised issues regarding import restriction measures from countries including South Korea in a report evaluating national trade barriers. The report included issues related to South Korea's restrictions on beef imports, the expansion of U.S. automotive manufacturers into the South Korean automobile market, and transparency in drug pricing policies.
In major domestic virtual asset exchanges, the Bitcoin price is also hovering. On Upbit, Bitcoin is trading at 123.211 million won, up 0.13% compared to 24 hours earlier, while Ethereum is trading at 2.727 million won, up 0.93%.
Similarly, on Bithumb, Bitcoin recorded 123.046 million won, down 0.94%, while Coinone recorded 123.060 million won, down 0.03%.
Meanwhile, according to CoinMarketCap's "Fear and Greed Index" for virtual assets, the psychological stage of virtual assets remains in the "fear" stage with a score of 24. This index indicates that if the value approaches zero (0), the market is in a state of extreme fear, leading investors to oversell, and if it approaches 100, it signifies that the market has entered greed, indicating the possibility of market correction.