Reports Highlight US Economic Q4 Growth Slowed, Were Cryptocurrencies Part of it?

• US economic growth may have reportedly slowed in Q4.
• Cryptocurrencies commenced a downtrend during the Government shutdown.
• The crypto market continues to experience uncertainty.

A recent report has underlined that the US economic growth for the fourth quarter may have slowed down. It remains to be seen if cryptocurrencies were a part of it, considering the segment is still in a downtrend. Uncertainty continues to loom as tariffs show little to no impact on the US trade deficit.

US Economic Q4 Growth

A report by Reuters has underlined the possibility that the economic growth of the US may have slowed in the fourth quarter. It has attributed the phase to moderate consumer spending along with the government shutdown. The latter notably lasted for 43 days, as it commenced on October 01, 2025, and ended on November 12, 2025.

Moving forward, investors and the market are waiting for the Commerce Department to publish the advance estimate of Q4 GDP. A survey shows that GDP possibly increased by 3%. The estimate, according to the same report, could bring out a decent performance by upper-income households while lower-income households struggled.

Tracking Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies are still down despite a slight relief earlier today. Their collective market cap was above $3 trillion/ It has now dropped to $2.32 trillion with an FGI of 12 points, which is closer to a single-digit value. Both situations may not have a direct relation but, the crypto market did start declining in October 2025.

For instance, BTC price was $124,752.13 on October 07, 2025. The flagship only dropped its value from that point, even though fluctuations brought multiple highs on the way to the present moment. In fact, most of the trades since October 15-16, 2025, are seen in red on CoinMarketCap.

ETH is noted to have followed a similar pattern. The token was trading at $4,687.7 on October 07, 2025, before starting a downtrend. ETH price, similarly, recorded multiple highs but eventually dropped to the red-trade phase.

Uncertainty Lingering Over the Crypto Market

Uncertainty continues to appear in the crypto market. The most recent instance could be the trade deficit widening despite the implementation of tariffs by US President Donald Trump. Another report by Reuters has highlighted that the trade deficit widened by 32.6%. This is notable because one of the primary reasons to impose tariffs was to shorten the deficit.

It remains to be seen if the Trump Administration will come up with another measure to achieve the goal of a shorter trade deficit. If it does, how it could affect spending and investment behavior, especially towards the crypto market.

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