The world is a huge rat cage, and you and I are both prey in it

Author: Deep Tide TechFlow

From Wall Street to blockchain, "mouse warehouse" is not a new term.

In the past, there was some shame among the mice, but now they have completely laid their cards on the table and are no longer pretending.

In early 2025, Trump issued a meme coin and manipulated the market under the guise of "cryptocurrency strategic reserves." Now, Trump is wielding tariffs like a club, playing a game of face-changing, pushing this collusion of power and capital to a historic high.

When the president turns into a trader, regulation becomes a fig leaf, and the world has seemingly become a giant arena for mouse warehouses—and you and I are merely prey in this game.

The White House Becomes a Casino: Trump's Face-Changing Skills

"Since more than 75 countries have contacted the U.S. willing to negotiate, and under my strong suggestion, have not retaliated against the U.S. in any way, form, or shape, I have authorized a 90-day suspension and during this period significantly reduced the reciprocal tariffs on other countries to 10%, effective immediately."

During U.S. stock trading, Trump's social media statement caused a dramatic reversal in the previously anxious major stock indices, leading to a surge across the board.

The Dow Jones surged over 2,900 points, an increase of 7.87%, marking the largest gain since March 25, 2020; the S&P 500 jumped 9.52%, the largest increase since October 29, 2008; the Nasdaq soared 12.16%, setting the second-largest single-day gain in history.

The "Tech Giants" of the U.S. stock market all surged, with a total market value increase of $1.85 trillion (approximately 13.4 trillion yuan) in just one day, all occurring within a few hours.

Interestingly, shortly after the U.S. stock market opened, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social, stating, "Now is a great time to buy." He encouraged his fans to "stay calm" and predicted that "everything will be resolved smoothly."

At the time, this statement seemed to encourage the market, but in light of subsequent events, it raises more suspicions.

According to market data disclosed by Unusual Whales, prior to Trump's "buy" suggestion, traders had already opened a large number of bullish options for $QQQ, $TQQQ, and $SPY. Even more shockingly, just before the announcement of the tariff suspension, someone opened a $SPY 509 call option expiring that day, which surged an astonishing 2,100% in just one hour!

All trading volumes were newly opened that day, which was particularly unusual given that the market volatility index (IVR) was as high as 82 and the implied volatility (IV) was extremely high. Traders seemed to be confident about the market direction and made strong directional bets.

Using net premium data tracking, it is clear that after these opening operations, more investors followed suit, loading up on bullish options, betting on a market reversal. All of this points to a disturbing conclusion: someone knew about this significant policy shift in advance.

On X, many expressed dissatisfaction but felt helpless.

"Trump uses the presidency to make millions for his family and friends."

"The market is like a casino for insiders, and we are just fools at the gambling table."

Ironically, just days earlier, CNBC reported that Trump was considering a 90-day suspension of tariffs on certain countries. At that time, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt quickly denied it, calling it "fake news."

Days later, this "rumor" turned into a "prescient prophecy."

Trump Manipulates the Crypto Space

This is not the first time Trump has manipulated the financial market this year; he has previously toyed with the crypto space twice.

On March 2, 2025, Trump announced on social media that he would establish a "cryptocurrency strategic reserve," directly driving up the prices of tokens like XRP, SOL, and ADA.

Just as everyone was curious why he didn't mention BTC or ETH, Trump again posted on social media, stating, "It is clear that BTC and ETH, along with other valuable cryptocurrencies, will be at the core of the reserves. I also like Bitcoin and Ethereum."

Ethereum responded with a price increase.

However, these moves and actions seem more like the work of Trump's son, as his second son, Eric Trump, praised the announcement on social media:

I love the genius move of announcing the strategic reserve on a Sunday because that's when traditional markets are closed and Wall Street is asleep. Retail investors win for the first time. Traditional finance better catch up, or it will soon be extinct. The world no longer operates from Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.

In response to this "call," the crypto industry was met with boos and questioned whether members of the Trump family were involved in significant insider trading.

In January 2025, during the issuance of Trump's meme coin, there was also a significant amount of insider trading.

Data analysis platform Bubblemaps pointed out that an address starting with 6QSc2 received funding four hours before the TRUMP token was released and spent $1 million to purchase 5.9 million TRUMP tokens in the first minute of the token's release.

Subsequently, that address transferred all TRUMP tokens to the ff.sol address, then distributed them to 10 addresses, selling in batches and cashing out tens of millions of dollars.

This is just the "tip of the iceberg" of insider trading; the Trump family has publicly cashed out over $100 million through meme coins like $TRUMP, and in the unregulated crypto market, Trump is even more unrestrained.

For those familiar with Trump, this may not come as a surprise, as he was also questioned during his previous term for using insider information he created for profit.

In 2019, Vanity Fair published an exclusive report stating that hidden within Trump's seemingly chaotic statements on U.S.-China tariffs was a highly profitable insider trading secret.

For example, on June 28, during the last 30 minutes of trading that day, someone made a large bet on S&P futures contracts.

Subsequently, Trump announced the resumption of U.S.-China negotiations in Osaka, Japan. Stimulated by the positive news, U.S. stocks surged. This mysterious large bet made nearly $1.8 billion in profit within a week.

All crows are black; it's not just Trump; many other White House officials are also experts in the financial market.

For instance, former Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi is known as the "stock god of Capitol Hill," with numerous impressive records:

In January 2021, before the Biden administration announced subsidies for electric vehicles, Pelosi's husband, Paul, purchased $1 million worth of Tesla stock;

In March 2021, after Microsoft received a $22 billion order from the U.S. Department of Defense for AR combat helmets, Paul bought Microsoft stock at a low price before the stock price surged;

In July 2021, amid antitrust investigations into major U.S. tech companies, Paul went long on Google, which ultimately was unaffected, leading to a significant stock price increase and substantial profits for Paul;

In July 2022, when Congress voted on a subsidy bill for the chip manufacturing industry aimed at providing $52 billion in subsidies to the U.S. chip industry, Paul had already purchased Nvidia stock worth between $1 million and $5 million weeks earlier.

According to OpenSecrets, in 2021, the Pelosi couple's investment return rate reached 56.15%, and in 2024, Pelosi's investment portfolio gained 70.9%, far exceeding the S&P 500 index's 25% increase, and surpassing investment legends like "stock god" Buffett (26% return), Wall Street "quant king" David Shaw, and "father of quantitative investing" Jim Simons.

The Arrogance of Power: The Ultimate Bullying in Financial Markets

Why do we hate insider trading so much?

Because it is the bullying of ordinary people who follow the rules by the privileged class.

In the financial market, ordinary investors work hard to research, take risks, and pursue nothing but: fairness, fairness, and fairness.

When a head of state can manipulate the market at will through policy declarations and allow his confidants to profit in advance, it is no longer just an issue of insider trading, but a complete distortion of the market mechanism by power.

Traditionally, insider trading mostly relied on insider information for profit, acting covertly, at least knowing that their actions were disgraceful.

Now, Trump not only creates insider information directly but also openly promotes it, showing an attitude of "what can you do about it."

In this era deeply hijacked by power and capital, if even the most basic market fairness cannot be guaranteed, then so-called globalization and free market economy are merely a one-man show for the power elite.

Perhaps this is the ultimate form of contemporary capitalism—power directly controls the market, the elite class openly harvests global wealth, while the majority can only serve as ignorant pawns in this massive game of insider trading.