Hopefully Bitcoin has become a geopolitical issue has become clear to everyone; There are tons of proofs of this, the latest comes precisely following the murder by the United States of General Soleimani, a figure of absolute importance in Iran not only in the military but also in the political hierarchies.
What happened on the night between 2 and 3 January last inevitably had an effect on the markets, with the equity that went down (with the airlines in particular suffering) and the price of the barrel skyrocketed together with the goods commonly considered refuge, like gold and the Swiss franc.
The price of bitcoin also reacted with the bulls that generated a big rise yesterday, a rise that has not been reabsorbed since the afternoon but starting today, with the graphs clearly showing the recovery of the bearish pressure.
What is interesting, however, is not so much what happened on the main global exchange platforms, but the effect that the USA - Iran tension has had on local markets, primarily local Bitcoin.
As a series of graphs that have been circulating a lot on social networks since yesterday's evening showed, in fact, the price of Bitcoin in Iran has skyrocketed and is currently trading at something like 24 thousand dollars, over three times the reference price provided from coinmarketcap.
The exact same thing we have seen it happen in the past in countries like Venezuela and Turkey; therefore, not only do economic stumbles favor BTC price growth, but political tensions also produce the same result.
In short, when things start to go badly in a country, the interest of ordinary people for bitcoin rises and, consequently, also the prices; the reasons are many and range from the fear of the closure of banks or the limitation in withdrawals, passing through those relating to a collapse of the state currency, up to the awareness that it may be necessary to flee the country for which to have a currency in your pocket accepted everywhere is considered an added value.
In short, one could almost say that while once those who fled a war country carried all the gold they could accumulate, the new trend sees Bitcoin replace gold.
