A Fake Tweet, a $3T Pump, and a Market Ready to Explode (Up or Down)
Lark walks through one of the most absurd trading moments of the year – a fake tweet about a tariff delay sent stocks soaring, then crashing. What it revealed? This market is fragile, reactionary, and overflowing with dry powder.
🧨 Markets Pumped on Fake News
-
Fake tweet claimed 90-day pause on tariffs = instant $3T surge
-
White House denied it, but the damage (and insight) was done
-
“This market is high on hopium – and there’s cash ready to ape at any good headline”
💣 Tariff Tensions Are Peaking
-
Trump threatens 50% more tariffs on China if no change by April 9
-
Markets shrugged – pricing in a prolonged US-China trade war
-
Lark: “If the rest of the world makes deals, market might not care what China does”
💰 Record ETF Volumes = Smart Money is Watching
-
$123B in ETF trades in one day (5x the norm)
-
Lark calls it “the most headline-sensitive market since 2020”
-
Institutions are ready to rotate fast – just waiting for resolution
📈 Altcoin Update
-
ETH hit 2018 highs again ($1400) – Lark says it’s "savage but maybe the bottom"
-
XRP and SOL attempting bounces but need to reclaim 20-day EMAs
-
Alt market remains in a brutal downtrend – lower highs and lower lows everywhere
🧻 Meme Coin Madness & Whale Liquidations
-
One whale was liquidated for $100M… 12 hours before the bounce
-
Fartcoin still holding up, “the chosen meme of the cycle”
-
Lark: “Some of these coins are more stable than the S&P right now”
🧠 Macro View
-
Market is desperate for good news
-
If trade deals get signed and QT ends, the upside could be violent
-
“This is what a stealth bottom feels like – boring, scary, confusing… until it rips”
Final Take:
Lark sees a market full of fear, dry powder, and headline risk. Once the tariff dust settles, he expects capital to flood in fast. For crypto, this fakeout might be the first spark of a longer-term reversal – if the macro plays ball.
