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Iran’s $1-per-barrel toll plan could force each oil tanker to pay the equivalent of 281 BTC to cross the Strait of Hormuz, potentially turning one of the world’s most strategic shipping chokepoints into a live experiment in Bitcoin-based trade. According to reports, Tehran is preparing to accept Bitcoin as payment for a new transit fee…

Chainalysis: $100 Trillion Generational Wealth Shift Could Supercharge Stablecoin Adoption By 2048 Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis believes the coming decades will not just see a massive transfer of wealth, but a fundamental reshaping of how money moves around the world. At the center of this transformation, the company argues, will be stablecoins and crypto‑based payment…

Bithumb seeks court order to claw back 7 BTC from multimillion‑dollar payout blunder South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has turned to the courts in an attempt to recover the last missing fraction of Bitcoin from a spectacular payout error that briefly showed users holding more than tens of billions of dollars worth of crypto. The…

‘Resilient after a 40% crash’: Why Bitcoin stayed surprisingly stable during U.S.-Iran tensions When Donald Trump entered the White House as a pro-crypto president, many traders saw his administration as a tailwind for digital assets compared to Joe Biden’s tenure. That optimism, however, collided head‑on with geopolitics in early 2026, putting Bitcoin through one of…

Crypto investment fraud in the United States surged alongside the bull market, with losses climbing to nearly 12 billion dollars in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s latest Internet Crime Report. While Bitcoin and other digital assets broke new price records in the fourth quarter, criminals exploited the hype and inexperience of new…