Breaking News: Iran announces control over the Strait of Hormuz (March 3, Fars News Agency: Over ten oil tankers ignored warnings and were directly hit by shells/drones, burning up. Oil tankers, cargo ships, and fishing boats can’t pass through at all) How many times have they issued no-sail warnings for the strait? “State of war, any vessel could be bombed”—and yet over a dozen oil tankers still forced their way through. Now it’s all black smoke, and 20% of the world’s oil route has instantly turned into a battlefield! Oil prices are already skyrocketing, shipping giants have halted operations, 150+ oil tankers are anchored outside, too scared to enter, insurance rates are soaring, and the global energy market is about to explode Ordinary people are using BTC + USDT as their “digital ark” to escape, while the Revolutionary Guard is secretly collecting crypto to bypass sanctions… Now even oil exports are being choked, and the rial has collapsed to 1.66 million:1 USD—could it get any worse? But the question is—when Iran says they’ve “controlled” the strait, what exactly have they controlled? Oil tankers are burning, global oil prices are soaring, and over in the U.S., Trump is retweeting Coinbase’s CEO, hyping up “America as the crypto capital”… One side has a fiery Middle Eastern strait, the other side has on-chain number go up? BTC is the real geopolitical king, isn’t it? They’re making bank (Iran’s Revolutionary Guard? Crypto players?), and we’re just here watching the Middle East + energy drama unfold, right?