BTC was still hovering above 68,500 last night when a speech by Trump directly caused a sharp drop. He said, "In the next two to three weeks, there will be an extremely intense strike on Iran," with no ceasefire timetable and no hope for a quick cooling of the market. BTC fell from 68,563 down to 67,248, ETH dropped from 2,158 to 2,096, and Japanese and Korean stock markets also plunged—KOSPI in Korea fell 3.3%, and the Nikkei dropped 1.1%. Previously, bullish investors betting on a de-escalation were served a cold splash of reality.