At 54,039,356,630, a cannon sounded in the Middle East, and the cryptocurrency market collapsed in an instant!
Early this morning, Israel suddenly launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, causing global risk aversion sentiment to explode. Bitcoin plummeted by $2,000 in 15 minutes, and Ethereum fell below the $2,500 mark; over $1 billion was liquidated across the network in 24 hours—most notably, a user on Binance lost $200 million in a single trade, making this a 'collective crematorium for leveraged players'.
Why does war affect the cryptocurrency market?
Geopolitical conflicts are like throwing a bomb into the market, with funds frantically fleeing to gold and oil (gold prices surged to $3,430, and oil prices skyrocketed by 6%). And what about the cryptocurrency market? Clearly, it should be 'digital gold', but instead, it plummeted alongside U.S. stocks.