The Strait's Static: Geopolitical Black Swan and the Crypto Market's Stress Test
The numbers hit my screen at 3 AM Seoul time. $80 billion evaporated in a...
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2026-07-18
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$64,078.7
+2.17%
ETH
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$1,841.42
+1.74%
SOL
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$74.74
+1.44%
BNB
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$570.2
+2.13%
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$1.09
+1.32%
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$0.0722
+1.29%
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$0.1647
+3.98%
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$6.55
+2.15%
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Polkadot
$0.8367
+0.14%
LINK
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$8.27
+3.12%
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Arbitrum Token Unlock
92 million ARB released
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Celestia Mainnet Upgrade
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08
04
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Solana Firedancer
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
22
03
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Optimism Unlock
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
10
05
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Ethereum Pectra Upgrade
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
12
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BCH Halving
Block reward halving event
18
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Team and early investor shares released
15
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Bitcoin Halving
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
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ETH
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$1,841.42 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
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$74.74 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
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$570.2 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
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$1.09 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
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$0.0722 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
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$0.1647 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$6.55 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
|
$0.8367 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
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$8.27 |
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