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Crypto-friendly billionaire investor Bill Ackman is considering the 
possibility that US President Donald Trump may pause or push back the 
implementation of his controversial proposed tariffs on April 7.
&#8220;One would have to imagine that President Donald Trump&#8217;s phone has been 
ringing off the hook. The practical reality is that there is insufficient time 
for him to make deals before the tariffs are scheduled to take effect,&#8221; 
Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said in an April 5 X 
post.
## Trump may postpone tariffs to make more deals, says Ackman
&#8220;I would, therefore, not be surprised to wake up Monday with an announcement 
from the President that he was postponing the implementation of the tariffs to 
give him time to make deals,&#8221; Ackman added.
On April 2, Trump signed an executive order establishing reciprocal tariffs on 
trading partners and a 10% baseline tariff on all imports from all countries, 
which took effect on April 5. Harsher tariffs targeting countries with which 
the US has the largest trade deficits are scheduled to kick in on April 9.
Ackman &#8212; who famously said &#8220;crypto is here to stay&#8221; after the FTX collapse in 
November 2022 &#8212; said Trump captured the attention of the world and US trading 
partners, backing the tariffs as necessary after what he called an &#8220;unfair 
tariff regime&#8221; that hurt US workers and economy &#8220;over many decades.&#8221;
Following Trump&#8217;s announcement on April 2, the US stock market shed more value 
during the April 4 trading session than the entire crypto market is currently 
worth. The fact that crypto held up better than the US stock market caught the 
attention of both crypto industry supporters and skeptics.
_Source:__Cameron Winklevoss_
Prominent crypto voices such as BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes and Gemini co- 
founder Cameron Winklevoss also recently showed their support for Trump&#8217;s 
tariffs.
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Ackman said a pause would be a logical move by Trump &#8212; not just to allow time 
for closing potential deals but also to give companies of all sizes &#8220;time to 
prepare for changes.&#8221; He added:
&gt; &#8220;The risk of not doing so is that the massive increase in uncertainty drives 
&gt; the economy into a recession, potentially a severe one.&#8221;
Ackman said April 7 will be &#8220;one of the more interesting days&#8221; in US economic 
history.
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its prior valuation, yet the digital asset ecosystem contracted by $30 billion 
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token wash trades, revealing deceptive algorithms used to fake market demand. 
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