The more anxious person about Iran’s fast boats is me, a crypto trader.

The U.S. military just changed the rules in the Middle East:
If they see Iranian fast boats or missile launch sites, they can strike directly.
In the Strait of Hormuz, the atmosphere suddenly turns tense.

I glanced at my phone—Bitcoin is still there.
Then I looked again, oh, it’s gone.

Their U.S. military strikes “targets that have been authorized,”
I’m “ready to be struck at any moment”—
A dealer sneezes, and I lose a zero.

I used to think fast boats were the threat,
Now I think the real threat is the K-line lighting up in the middle of the night.
The U.S. military has at least an early warning system;
I only have one “liquidation alert” text message.

Day after day,
others care about oil prices, gold, and arms stocks,
I only care whether I can live to see tonight’s 12:00.

Trading crypto is so bitter,
so bitter that I want to go sail through the Strait of Hormuz—
At least there, when the rules change, someone is still in charge.
And my rules are only one:
If it goes up, I don’t sell; if it goes down, I don’t run.

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