Bitcoin Enters the Game: Iran Wants Taxes Paid in BTC

Sometimes the news sounds like a movie script. Except this time, it’s real.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump warned the world that an entire civilization could be destroyed. Shortly after, tensions seemed to ease – the US and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire.

And just when it looked like things were calming down…

One drone can change everything

Just hours after the ceasefire, a drone struck a key oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia.

This is not just “another attack”.

The reason is simple:

- The Strait of Hormuz is closed

- This pipeline remains almost the only functioning export route

- And now… it may be partially out of operation

What’s even more interesting is the timing.

Before the ceasefire, Iran directly threatened to strike this exact target. Then a deal was signed… and the attack still happened.

Coincidence? Possibly.
But if it’s confirmed that Iran is behind it – the ceasefire could end much faster than it began.

Bitcoin enters the game… in an unexpected way

And this is where the story becomes even more interesting.

According to reports, Iran is considering introducing a $2 million fee for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

But not in dollars.

In Bitcoin.

The reason?

- Bank payments can be blocked

- Sanctions limit access to the traditional financial system

- Crypto payments are much harder to control

In other words: when countries lose access to the banking system, they start looking for alternatives.

And crypto shows up exactly there.

At a price of around $72,000 per BTC, this means:

- one ship = 27.7 BTC

Before the crisis, around 130 ships passed through the strait ежедневно.

- Daily: 3,611 BTC

- Monthly: 108,333 BTC

- Yearly: 1.3 million BTC

The entire Bitcoin network produces only about 450 BTC per day.

This means Iran could accumulate 8 times the monthly supply. Every single month.

A sanctioned country building a Bitcoin reserve through a “toll system”.

This could be one of the most important geopolitical stories for Bitcoin that almost no one is talking about. 

The White House: a surprising shift in the stablecoin debate

While all this is happening in the Middle East, there’s also an interesting development in the US.

The Council of Economic Advisers released a report that directly challenges one of the main arguments banks use against crypto.

Banks claim:

If stablecoins start offering yield, trillions of dollars will leave the banking system.

But according to the actual model:

- A ban on yield increases lending by only 0.02%

- Most of the benefit goes to large banks

- Users lose hundreds of millions of dollars

- For every $1 gained by banks → $6.60 lost by users

In other words: the argument “we need to protect the banking system” doesn’t hold up very well.

What does all of this mean for crypto

If we put everything together:

- Geopolitical tension

- Attacks on energy infrastructure

- Countries looking for alternative payment methods

- Political pressure against the banking monopoly

…crypto is starting to appear in places where it simply didn’t exist before.

Not as speculation.
But as a tool.

And that’s the most important part.

This week showed us something simple:

Crypto is no longer just for traders and investors.

It’s starting to be used where the system doesn’t work.