The quickly escalating global tension, which has expanded beyond just the Middle East region, continues to impact the cryptocurrency markets.

Following the latest developments from today, BTCs price tumbled once again below $100,000 before it shot up by over three grand in hours, harming thousands and thousands of over-leveraged traders.

On the surface, todays developments couldnt predict the latest BTC price pump. As the chart above demonstrates, BTC slumped hard yesterday, and even though it recovered some ground earlier today, it dumped below $100,000 once again following Irans attacks against a couple of US military bases in the Middle East.

However, certain theories circulate online that Irans precise actions symbolized the beginning of peace talks, as the countrys leaders reportedly warned the US and the targeted military establishments about the missile strikes.

As such, the authorities could maintain a strong presence in front of their people but engage in de-escalating talks with the US and Israel at the same time.

Irans attack on US bases today was actually DE-ESCALATORY, and heres why:

First, details have emerged that both President Trump and Qatari officials were notified in advance of this attack, per NYT and Axios.

Iranian officials say this was to minimize casualties.

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Whether this will unfold as predicted is yet to be seen, but the volatility is a fact as BTC posted several big moves in either direction in the past few days. When we focus on the events in the last 24 hours, its evident that these fluctuations have harmed over-leveraged traders, as more than 134,000 have been wrecked within this timeframe.

Liquidation Heat Map. Source: CoinGlass The total value of liquidated positions is close to $440 million, and Ethereum has taken the main stage, outplacing BTC. This is mostly because ETH went from over $2,400 to under $2,200 and back to $2,300 within hours.