A US advisory urging US citizens to “leave Iran now” is circulating online again, adding another layer of major risk to a crypto market already reeling due to high volatility and forced liquidations.
🚨BREAKING: The US government tells its citizens to LEAVE IRAN IMMEDIATELY. Could this be why the markets are attacking today? Are we going to war? pic.twitter.com/ZmnGDSUJcf
– Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 6, 2026
Officials have since clarified that the warning itself was not new and was first issued in mid-January. Yet timing matters. The advisory resurfaces as the United States and Iran prepare to hold nuclear negotiations in Oman on Friday, with President Donald Trump publicly warning Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Tehran threatening retaliation if attacked.
For crypto traders, the immediate thing to remember is not how recent the review is. This is because the market behaves like a fragile and leveraged macroeconomic market. In this type of environment, geopolitical headlines tend to hit bitcoin the same way they hit high-beta tech stocks, not the way they hit gold.
Bitcoin has already fluctuated wildly after a week of liquidation-driven selling, and market sensitivity is high. When positioning is tight and liquidity is low, even ambiguous news can trigger rapid deleveraging, especially in perpetual futures.
The asset was repeatedly sold off whenever geopolitical dramas made headlines, with investors preferring the perceived safety of gold or bonds over digital assets.
The Iranian headlines may eventually fade, especially if the Oman talks go smoothly. But in a market that is still digesting heavy losses and sentiment is already fragile, traders are likely to treat geopolitics as a volatility accelerator rather than a directional catalyst.
