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Bitcoin&nbsp;price plummeted over 8.4% on April 13 after Iran launched an attack on Israel, escalating geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East.&nbsp;
The price of Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>)&nbsp;dropped from around $67,000 to $61,625, wiping out over $130 million in market capitalization within minutes following news of the attack. 
The sell-off is also affecting other cryptocurrencies. At the time of writing, Ether (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price">ETH</a>) was down 9.81% to $2,927, while Solana’s (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/solana-price-index">SOL</a>) sank 15.96% to $129.&nbsp;According to CoinMarketCap data, the global crypto market capitalization declined 8.19% to $2.23 trillion.
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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-13/iran-has-launched-drones-toward-israel-idf-spokesperson-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">According</a> to Bloomberg, Iran launched drones toward Israel on Saturday, April 13. The action is retaliation for an attack conducted by Israel days before, which targeted a diplomatic compound in Damascus, Syria, killing seven Iranians, including two generals. 
Aside from the airstrikes, Iranian authorities have reportedly <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/04/13/iran-seizes-ship-linked-to-israeli-billionaire-in-latest-escalation-of-tensions/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&amp;utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&amp;sh=6cfeaf702994" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">seized</a> a cargo ship owned by a billionaire Israeli.
On April 12, United States President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/white-house-iran-threat-israel/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">warned</a>&nbsp;that Iran would launch attacks “sooner than later,” highlighting that the U.S. would help defend Israel:
“We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel, we will help defend Israel, and Iran will not succeed.”
The conflict between Iran and Israel significantly escalates tensions in the region, something the U.S. has been reportedly trying to prevent since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas, which has led to broader ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
U.S. officials have been urging Israel not to escalate tensions in their response to Iran, a government source <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/politics/white-house-iran-threat-israel/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">told</a> CNN.&nbsp;The officials also expressed frustration with the lack of prior information Israel provided regarding its airstrike in Damascus. Israel only informed a U.S. official when its planes were already en route to Syria, sources said.
“We were not aware that Israel was going to carry out this airstrike in advance,” the official stated. “Minutes before it happened and when Israeli planes were already in the air, Israel reached out to a U.S. official to say they were in the process of conducting a strike in Syria. It did not include any details on who they were targeting or where it would be conducted, and the strike was already underway before word could be passed through the U.S. government.”

Bitcoin nosedives as political tensions escalate in the Middle East

Cointelegraph

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