Milestone
Multi-chain
2020
COVID-19 Black Swan
Global markets crashed; BTC briefly fell below $4k before recovering, catalyzing new entrants.
Event date: 2020-03-12
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Key Facts
Peak metric-50% intraday BTC drawdown
OutcomeLiquidity shock then recovery
ChainMulti-chain
Year2020
Typemilestone
Tags
macro
black-swan
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