Wednesday 02 September 2026 | 13:15 UTC | London Session Live
Risk assets opened under immediate pressure as military escalation between the US and Iran crystallised overnight into a sustained geopolitical event, dragging BTC from the $78,500 area down through $76,500 before partial recovery to the $76,744 print. All four majors registered REGIME_FLIP readings simultaneously — a rare cross-asset signal suggesting macro-driven repositioning rather than idiosyncratic crypto selling. SOL bore the sharpest momentum impact, ADX printing 47.68, indicating trend energy is accelerating even within the chop. Equity correlation reasserted itself firmly; the crypto complex is trading as a risk-off proxy, not a safe haven, this session.