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The Battle for Hormuz just started.
Iran fired missiles and drones at US warships this morning. Trump says the Navy will escort vessels through the Strait starting today. If you've been paying attention to the right things, this is the chapter you've been waiting for.
21% of the world's oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. When that flow gets contested, every dollar-priced commodity reprices in real time, and every petrodollar-dependent currency goes on the watchlist. The question stops being "if oil hits $120" and becomes "what does the Fed do when it does?"
Here's the part most analysts are missing.
Iran spent a decade building Bitcoin infrastructure after being cut off from SWIFT in 2012. The sanctions weren't a punishment, they were free training in how to operate outside the dollar system. Iran is no longer scared of being cut off. They've already been cut off.
Meanwhile, Scott Bessent went on the record calling financial infrastructure a tool of national power. The US Treasury has openly described sanctions as a weapon of war. Every nation watching this is doing the same math: what happens when we're the next Iran?
Bitcoin doesn't care who wins the geopolitical argument. It just keeps producing blocks every ten minutes. No SWIFT to be cut off from. No correspondent bank to freeze. No reserve to seize. A monetary network at the cargo terminal, the central bank, and the cold wallet - all on the same rails.
When the Strait becomes a war zone and the Fed has to choose between fighting inflation and funding a conflict, you'll know which one they pick.
They always pick the printer.
The only question is whether your savings are denominated in something they can print.
Welcome (again) to the PetroSat Era.
Not your keys. Not your coins. Not your sovereignty.
— Zach 🟧
Published at
2026-05-04 20:28:03 UTCEvent JSON
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