Iran's Bitcoin Toll, Macro Breakdown, and the Full Katana Story | Ep 488
Good now revolutionaries — Thursday April 9, and it's a packed final show of the week. Iran is now accepting ships through the Strait of Hormuz — but requiring payment in Bitcoin, stablecoins, or Chinese yuan. Alex walks through exactly what the Iran oil union's spokesperson got wrong about Bitcoin (one out of three ain't bad: correct on sanctions, wrong on the transaction time and trackability). Community warned: scam tokens with IRGC-adjacent tickers are already proliferating on pump.fun. Do not buy them.
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