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Geopolitical risk is always the ultimate enemy of high-risk asset classes (risk-on). The narrative of escalating conflict between the US and Iran (with major political figure involvement) has triggered a massive global risk-off event. This fear is so extreme that speculators on Polymarket are beginning to weigh crypto-doomsday scenarios targeting the $10,000 level. Technically, this panic is clearly illustrated; the daily (1D) chart shows a terrifying plunge from previous highs, and currently, the 1-hour (1H) chart shows the price clinging very weakly to the demand zone floor ($67,100). Given the highly toxic and fear-driven macro sentiment, selling pressure is projected to force the price to break the current support boundary, causing BTC to free-fall in search of a new liquidity base in the $58,000 to $60,000 psychological range over the next 3 days.
Geopolitical news moves very dynamically and impulsively. Although current sentiment is extremely bearish, if diplomatic intervention or sudden de-escalation occurs, short sellers could be trapped in a short squeeze that would catapult the price back into the resistance zone. A break below $60,000 will confirm a fatal long-term downtrend.
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