Wall Street Froze. Crypto Didn't

When coordinated missile strikes hit Iran on a Saturday night, the entire traditional financial system was frozen shut. No stocks, no bonds, no commodities trading. The only place on Earth pricing in the geopolitical risk of a Middle Eastern war in real time was a decentralized crypto exchange. For the first time, blockchain infrastructure became the world's default financial backbone while Wall Street slept. But this breakthrough comes with a brutal cost. Thin weekend liquidity, cascading cross-margin liqu ...