US Shut Down: Crypto Markets Unfazed? 🤔🤑💸

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Upon the grand stage of our nation, a curious comedie unfolds: the United States government hath discontinued, what a sight to behold! The cross-woven quills of Republicans and Democrats failed to etch funding into law, and thus, many federal services take their rest, albeit some retain their posts for the common good.

Meanwhile, the crypto bourses, those capricious markets of digital alchemy, indulged in their daily diversions, scarcely raising an eyebrow at the governmental spectacle! The total fortune of these virtual treasures clings steadfastly to the astonishing height of four trillion pieces of gold, a level newly mastered on this very week.

Our noble Bitcoin, having soared to an intraday high of $114,700 in the twilight of Tuesday, hath but taken a modest quiver since. Ether, that mercurial second progeny, revisited the exalted price of $4,200 only to retreat modestly, trading at $4,140 during the lively markets of the Orient on the morning of Wednesday.

The more modest members of the altcoin pantheon suffered similar, though minor, indignities, as is their wont.

Meanwhile, the markets of the Far East, those exotic marketplaces, present a curious tableau-diverse and undeterred, erring toward domestic intrigues rather than the theatrics of America’s assembly.

The Ironic Predicament of Our Founders

And so, dear audience, what is this merrily called a shutdown? Ah, tis a tale of Senate proposals, both Republican and Democrat, that one might as well have been acts in a farcical drama, for they failed to meet approval on the Tuesday night! Thus, at the witching hour of one past midnight on Wednesday, the nation lay quiet as all funds found their end.

BREAKING:

The illustrious United States Government folds as the coffers run dry.

– Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) October 1, 2025

In this grand play of politics, the noble Senator Schumer did accuse the Republicans of stonewalling negotiation, while our Vice President, JD Vance, did cast aspersions upon the Democrats for their capriciousness. “Mine eyes foresee but the path to shutdown,” quoth he, “for Democrats would not cast their votes wisely.”

The Democrats embark on a quest for alterations to Medicaid and healthcare-changes which the Republicans hold sacred. Once more shall the Senate hark their proposals, though they have but previously met with fateful failure. Government agencies don their cloaks of order and prepare for a ballet of rigorous, yet silent, solitude.

In this silence, data shall wither, leaving the wise Federal Reserve with eyes as vacant as a stage before the play begins. Aye, the shutdown marks its twenty-first scene since the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-seven. It calls to mind the “crypto winter” of a bygone era, though the markets now prosper with renewed vigor, dancing nimbly away from the chaos, showcasing their enduring resilience and ripe maturity.

“The volatile jester Bitcoin and its sibling altcoins might suffer from tumult, yet a change of the Federal Reserve’s tune may yet lift the spirits,” muses the sage ‘Hunt’.

Gold Ascendant, The Yen of Powers Diminished

In the current maelstrom, gold, the noble, constant friend, ascends to an unprecedented height of $3,870 per ounce-an all-time high that speaks of the uncertainty of our age. Meanwhile, the dollar, once a titan, flutters near its lowest since a moon ago, contested fiercely against other currencies in the world’s grand arena. This decrease, of twelfth parts per cent this annum, signals a softening of what was deemed the resolute reserve currency.

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2025-10-01 09:37