#Bitcoin , #Ethereum and most altcoins plunged amid rising Middle East tensions—Israeli airstrikes on Iran triggered a “risk-off” wave—then got hit harder by cooling prospects for a Fed rate cut. $BTC dropped over 4% to around $104K, $ETH tumbled roughly 10% toward $2.5K, while major alts like SOL, XRP and DOGE slid between 6–15%. Over $1.1 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated in 24 hrs, with more than 246K traders wiped out, marking a sharp reaction to geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds