Break it down before reacting.

The numbers:

- Market cap: $2.57T to $2.49T (-$86B)

- BTC: $74,255 (-4%)

- ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, DOGE: -5% to -9%

- Liquidations: $941M, 160K+ traders cleared

- BTC ETF outflows: $1.44B over 6 days (BlackRock: $69M on May 22)

- ETH ETF outflows: ~$500M since May 11

What triggered each leg:

1. SEC delayed the tokenized stock framework. The regulation that would let platforms list blockchain versions of public equities got pulled. Odds of the Crypto Market Structure Bill dropped from 75% to 62% in one session. Regulatory uncertainty repriced immediately.

2. Iran headlines. Reports of potential US military action pushed oil concerns higher. Higher oil means stickier inflation, which keeps rate cuts distant, which hits risk assets. Crypto is on the risk-on end of that spectrum.

3. The mechanical flush. When $XRP $BTC BTCdropped, leveraged positions cleared. $941M in 24 hours is a full deleveraging event, no...