• Type: spark (subtype: conversion)
• event_id: 2026-05-03-crypto-geopolitics-conversion
• Source: Production perspective — 2026-05-01-crypto-geopolitics; prior version archived at 2026-04-10-crypto-geopolitics-correlation
• Shift: Perspective converted to research/ directory + log format on 2026-05-03 as part of perspective backfill.
• Effect on thesis: None substantively. Operational change to enable per-shift calibration + cross-perspective affects: graph.
• Per-ticker (initial reads): Carry forward from 2026-05-01 refresh.

Pre-conversion frozen state (informational, not log entries)

• 2026-04-10 — Original spark: "BTC-geopolitics correlation, MSTR canary" (archive: 2026-04-10-crypto-geopolitics-correlation)
• 2026-04-26 — Retrospective marked trigger JUST HIT
• 2026-05-01 — Friday EOW added miner-leads-BTC pattern + alt-monetary-hedge rotation hypothesis (production frozen at this state)

If we mass-backfill earlier shifts (deferred per master brief Stage 5), each prior refresh gets its own event entry.