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2026-04-13：Sovereign Toll Booths and DeFi Monopolies: Iran Mandates Bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz Transit as Aave Swallows 30% of Total Value Locked
What happens when global superpowers weaponize decentralized assets to control physical trade routes? In this episode, we uncover how the collapse of peace talks has led to a controversial mandate at the Strait of Hormuz, creating a massive seven billion dollar mechanical demand for Bitcoin that the traditional financial system cannot stop. Meanwhile, a silent systemic threat is growing in decentralized finance. One single protocol has swallowed a third of all liquidity, creating a terrifying too-big-to-fail scenario where a single bug could trigger cascading liquidations across the entire…
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