Have you been wanting to smash your keyboard after opening your trading app lately? The sea of green in your positions is blinding. Newcomers probably already started Googling "digital asset stop-loss techniques," right?

Wait, don't rush to cut your losses just yet! After years in the crypto world, I must say—this round of plunge can't just be blamed on poor trading skills. The blame lies with those political clowns across the ocean.

You might wonder: Why does their quarrel have anything to do with me? It’s a big deal. Recently, both the crypto market and US stocks have been lying flat together, and the root cause is that the US government has been shut down for nearly 40 days. Yes, 40 days! That number is breaking records, and "lying flat" doesn't even fully describe it.

So here’s the question: Government shutdown, why does it drag down our crypto prices?

The core logic is this—the global money supply has been drained by them. The US two-party system is fighting over the budget, neither side willing to back down, and the government’s accounts have run out of funds. The Treasury has no choice but to "bleed" the market, and in the past two months, they've pulled nearly $700 billion in emergency funds.

What does that mean? It’s like the water main in your neighborhood being tightened by someone, so everyone is fighting for water and still can’t get enough. Bank cash reserves are also running dry, and the reserves at the Federal Reserve have dropped to their lowest since 2021.

Less money means borrowing costs naturally soar. Have you looked at the overnight financing rate? It jumped by 22 basis points, even more expensive than the Federal Reserve's benchmark rate. When the Fed cut rates earlier, the market thought they were about to flood the system with liquidity, but the Treasury’s latest move is like...