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Iran is reportedly seeking to charge shipping companies tolls in cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The Financial Times reported that negotiations are underway, with talks reportedly starting at $1 per barrel.
The report sparked discussion in crypto circles, with some advocates pointing to Bitcoin’s “censorship-resistant” characteristics. Strike founder and CEO Jack Mallers said on X that Iran’s purported acceptance of Bitcoin reflects the idea that “there is no second best.”
Separately, the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas has already been listed on BTC Map, an open-source project that tracks physical merchants and businesses that accept Bitcoin.
Despite the reported tolls, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appears to remain weak. Sal Mercogliano, a maritime historian at Campbell University in North Carolina, said in a video posted to X that the number of ships is only showing a “minor tick” and remains far below pre-war levels.
Mercogliano’s assessment aligns with a prediction-market view from Myriad, a platform owned by Dastan. Traders on Wednesday assigned a nearly 70% chance that the seven-day moving average of transit calls would be above 15 by the end of the month; on Tuesday, those odds peaked around 90%.
Bitcoin advocate and Taproot Wizards co-founder Udi Wertheimer expressed doubt about the accuracy of the Financial Times account. In comments to Decrypt, Wertheimer said the individual cited—Hamid Hosseini—does not represent the Iranian regime.
Wertheimer said Hosseini is a spokesperson for the Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union, which works with the government. That distinction, Wertheimer argued, raises the possibility that the report may have been based on a “game of telephone.”
He added: “I haven’t seen any official saying that it's even remotely a thing,” and suggested that sources could have been referring to stablecoins or other digital assets rather than Bitcoin specifically.
The reported discussion of crypto tolls follows broader reports that oil tankers have used digital assets for payments related to naval escort through the waterway. Bloomberg reported this month that tankers have used Chinese yuan and crypto, specifically stablecoins, for such payments.
The Strait of Hormuz has also been affected by a two-week ceasefire recently unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump, but Mercogliano said traffic remains subdued.
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