Israeli airstrikes on Iran leave Khamenei's life and death a mystery, Iranian citizens flock to Bitcoin as a safe haven Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, with both the Prime Minister and Trump claiming that Khamenei is dead. The US side reported that 5 to 10 senior Iranian officials were killed in the first round of attacks. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies that Khamenei and the President are "safe and sound", but according to informed sources, his daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter, and one daughter-in-law have been confirmed dead in the attack. Trump stated that the ongoing crackdown will last for a week or even longer, and the White House suspended all travel and media activities on the same day. At present, there is a serious information asymmetry between the two sides, and the true state of Khamenei cannot be independently verified. But this information vacuum itself is worth being wary of - at the beginning of every major geopolitical conflict in history, both sides tend to release information that is beneficial to their own side. Iran's denial may be a fact, or it may be for maintaining stability; Israel's claims may be a result of war or a part of psychological warfare. For the cryptocurrency market, uncertainty itself is a signal. According to Chainalysis data, the size of Iran's cryptocurrency ecosystem has reached $7.78 billion, with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps related addresses accounting for over 50% of the inflow. Previously, the Iranian central bank attempted to accumulate USDT to stabilize the exchange rate, but ended in failure. Now the situation has suddenly escalated, and people have accelerated to turn to Bitcoin as a safe haven - this is highly consistent with the behavior of Ukrainian and Russian people at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022. The extreme uncertainty of geopolitics is re validating the narrative of Bitcoin as a 'censorship resistant asset'.