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Crypto markets are trading on liquidity and ETF flows (BTC $82.7k, dominance high, Fear & Greed at 59), not on climate. However, persistent El Niño-driven coastal flooding from Alaska to Chile threatens infrastructure, ports, and insurance balance sheets — a slow-burn macro headwind that historically shows up in risk assets with a 3–9 month lag, and could eventually pressure central-bank policy via inflation from disrupted supply chains and reconstruction spending.

El Niño has raised sea levels in part of the eastern Pacific by 40 centimetres and continues to strengthen, potentially causing coastal flooding from Alaska to Chile.

El Niño Lifts Eastern Pacific Sea Levels by 40cm, Flood Risk Stretches From Alaska to Chile

El Niño's 40cm sea-level spike threatens Pacific submarine cable landing stations, creating a physical-layer risk that crypto markets have never priced.