The forty-eight hour kill zone is open.

The crypto markets were calm until the tariff news hit the wire. Then the leverage was systematically deleted.

Bitcoin plunged nearly $4,000 in less than two hours, triggered by the weekend’s macro shocks.

Over $500 million in levered longs were liquidated in a single 60-minute window as the market repriced for a multi-front trade war.

This is the "Step #4" playbook in action: geopolitical uncertainty slams into a weekend liquidity vacuum.

The volatility is the signal.