Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Iran Demands Crypto for Ships Passing Strait of Hormuz

Iran plans to levy a transit toll on all oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz during a two-week ceasefire, with payments to be made in cryptocurrency, according to reports.

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Report: Iran Charges Crypto and Yuan Tolls for Strait of Hormuz Oil Tanker Passage
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Key Takeaways:

Iran's IRGC began charging ships up to $2 million per tanker to transit the Strait of Hormuz as of April 2026. The Financial Times reports Iran is accepting stablecoins and bitcoin.
Iran's National Security Committee approved a bill formalizing yuan and stablecoin tolls, accelerating dollar bypass in energy trade.
The ceasefire brokered by President Trump remains fragile, and Western-linked vessels are still largely excluded from approved passage.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-08 11:09 AM

The Iran regime is terrible, but they know some things

#2 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-04-08 11:24 AM

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again despite orange chomo's ceasefire deal

www.rawstory.com

#3 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-08 01:50 PM

Thats stupid.

Crypto is now owned, controlled and manipulated by the financial markets/industry.

Anywhere you can buy a derivative is an indicator of manipulation, because there is no true price discovery.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-08 01:54 PM

@#3 ... Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again despite orange chomo's ceasefire deal ...

Defense Sec Hegseth's "Mission Accomplished" moment?

Leavitt disputes reports that Iran closed Strait of Hormuz
thehill.com

... Hegseth started the briefing by calling Operation Epic Fury a "historic and overwhelming victory" ...

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-08 02:21 PM

And Der Dotard will try to squeeze his huge posterior into the deal, with 49% going to his Bored of Piece boondoggle. Trump will gladly trade the world for more personal wealth. He cares little for this tax on the world's oil, so long as he gets to wet his beak.

Meanwhile, in the real world, Der Dotard's inability to think clearly or negotiate more than lunch is causing the world economy to whipsaw, with no way out of this dumpster fire...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2026-04-08 02:31 PM

Let's recap....

Iran punched dumbkopf in the nose and brought America to it's knees in a month.

Exposed the demented orange pedo as a paper tiger.

Did not give up any uranium.

Did not promise to not build weapons.

The US is now a laughingstock in the eyes of the world.

Iran will collect $100,000,000,000 in tolls from the shipping companies who will pass it along to the consumers.

Putin is laughing all the way to the bank after getting his sanctions lifted, supplying Iran and bringing America to it's knees.

I couldn't imagine a better scenario for Putin.

The US is a joke.

#7 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-08 02:50 PM

This may have completely negated America power and interests in the region. The US can barely defend its Gulf allies, had to evacuate military bases, can't regime change, invade or seriously weaken Iran, cheap drones and missiles can match billions of dollars of air superiority, and Iran is in total control of the Strait.

This is going to go down in history as one of the US's greatest blunders.

#8 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-04-09 12:57 PM

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