May 28: U.S.-Iran Strikes Trigger Liquidations, ETF Outflows, and Risk-Off Selling

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Bitcoin fell below $73,000 as U.S.-Iran strikes impacted global markets, leading to significant crypto liquidations and ETF outflows.

Brief Summary: Bitcoin fell below $73,000 this morning, hitting its lowest level since April 13 as U.S.-Iran strikes rattled global markets. Brent crude jumped toward the mid-$90s, reviving inflation concerns and pressuring risk assets. Crypto liquidations totaled roughly $958.8 million over 24 hours, with longs accounting for about $897 million. Ethereum broke below $2,000 for the first time since late March, while Ether futures open interest hit a record 16.39 million ETH. BlackRock’s IBIT saw $527.84 million in net outflows Wednesday, its second-largest single-day withdrawal since launch. The 11 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost a combined $733.43 million Wednesday, with more than $2 billion leaving the complex over two weeks. Samsung affiliates agreed to buy a combined 4% stake in Dunamu, operator of Upbit, for about $408 million. VanEck’s tokenized Treasury fund VBILL is now live on Euler, allowing tokenized U.S. Treasuries to be used as onchain collateral. The White House is reviewing a proposed CFTC rule on prediction markets, which could shape Kalshi, Polymarket, sports, election, and event-contract markets. The CFTC and Gemini jointly asked a federal court to unwind Gemini’s…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Diemer

Topics covered

• crypto market
• liquidations
• ETF outflows
• risk-off selling
• U.S.-Iran strikes
• inflation concerns
• Ethereum

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• liquidations
• ETF outflows
• inflation
• CFTC
• Gemini
• Dunamu
• VanEck
• U.S.-Iran strikes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BlackRock, Samsung, Dunamu, VanEck, CFTC, Gemini, Reuters

Places: U.S., Iran

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