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The event reinforces the 'geopolitical risk premium' regime that has kept BTC correlated with risk assets and gold. With Trump's foreign policy credibility at stake, markets may start pricing higher odds of a broader conflict, which historically triggers short-term risk-off but also strengthens the long-term case for BTC as a neutral, censorship-resistant asset.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of breaching an energy ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump by carrying out strikes on Ukraine's power plants.