Bitcoin Fails to Hold $65K as Rate Hike Odds Slump and Oil Volatility Eases

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Polymarket Odds for Hormuz Normalcy Drop to 14.5% After UK Withdraws Staff from Iran

Trump Warns of Strikes on Iran's Civilian Sites; Betting Market Sees 28.5% Chance of Invasion by 2027

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US Strike on Iran's Chabahar Port Hits Hormuz Shipping Prediction Market

Trump Threatens Strikes on Iran as Hormuz Tensions Rattle Crypto Markets

JPMorgan Shifts Energy Focus From Hormuz Strait to Russian Refining Crisis

US Airstrikes Near Hormuz Rattle Crypto Markets, Spotlighting Conflict-Zone Role

Iran Claims Draft Deal With US to Reopen Hormuz, End Naval Blockade

Oil Slips as Iran Reveals Draft Framework to Lift Hormuz Blockade

Iran’s Hormuz Authority Claims UAE, Oman Ports, Imposes Bitcoin Tolls

Iran Launches Bitcoin-Settled Insurance Platform for Hormuz Cargo

US Launches 'Project Freedom' Naval Mission in Hormuz, Raising Fears of Escalation

U.S. Treasury Warns of Sanctions Risk for Crypto Payments in Iran's Hormuz Toll System

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The Hormuz chokepoint accounts for ~20% of daily global oil shipments; a sustained closure forces higher energy costs, fuels inflation, and pressures central banks to tighten monetary policy – all headwinds for risk‑on assets like BTC. At the same time, the rare alignment of US and China on a security issue could reshape the dollar’s safe‑haven status, creating a secondary macro‑dynamic that may later benefit crypto as an inflation hedge.

U.S. President Donald Trump urged NATO allies and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning that NATO faces a “very bad” future if they do not assist.

Trump Demands NATO, China Action as Hormuz Closure Spikes Oil 50%

Oil‑price shock forces regulators to treat crypto as a primary sanction‑evasion tool for Iran’s oil trade