Today, South Korea's KOSPI directly pulled the plug, triggering a circuit breaker, and the Nikkei 225 plummeted more than 7% in a single day, with the entire Asian capital market bleeding profusely. Those retail investors who were still loudly proclaiming that tech stocks would always rise at the beginning of the year now have no opportunity to close their positions.
The trigger for the crash is very clear: the geopolitical conflict in the Middle East has completely spiraled out of control, and concerns over the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have caused international crude oil to directly break through the $100 mark. Veteran investors know well that oil prices breaking 100 means a full rebound in inflation expectations, and the Federal Reserve not only has no hope of cutting rates but may even be forced to restart tightening. Global funds are in a panic selling risk assets to exchange for liquidity to save themselves.
Now many people come to ask, can the crypto market remain independent when the traditional stock market crashes?
Don't be naive. In the short term, when institutions face a series of liquidations in the stock market, their first reaction will absolutely be to sell the highly liquid $BTC and $ETH to fill the margin gap in the stock market. This indiscriminate stampede caused by macro panic will surely create a deep pit in the crypto market. But this is precisely the cognitive gap between retail investors and major players: retail investors see a shrinking balance, while major players see cheap chips soaked in blood everywhere.
The credit of fiat currency under geopolitical crisis will only accelerate overdraft. Once the deleveraging and liquidation of the traditional market is over, funds will inevitably seek true censorship-resistant and non-sovereign-backed assets. The $BTC that was mistakenly slaughtered by macro sentiment has never been a risk, but rather the ultimate ticket that this global washout has given you.
In the face of this wave of liquidity exhaustion, are you ready to panic sell your chips, or have you already prepared your bayonet to enjoy the bloody dividends?