I am trying to piece a few things together but have not seen it discussed anywhere.
The word is, some ships are allowed through the strait, but these ships then pay in BTC.
Since it is reported that 3200 ships are "waiting", I am wondering, given the peculiar price movements since the "double cease fire", there is another play at work.
https://www.cointribune.com/en/iran-imposes-a-bitcoin-toll-to-cross-the-strait-of-hormuz/
But .... there also is something else:
https://c4ads.org/publications/
Peruse the articles .... Protean fleet. At least 10.000 ships. And the way it works is even more mindboggling than simply a BTC address with a segwit.
It seems to me, IF 2 or more million is paid in BTC to pass, then the traces of such a payment should be visible. The thing is, it is not paid in Pounds Sterling ( auch for the CoL) but who is the recipient?
What if this actually fills US coffers, only to be used as a backstop?
I mean, if Scott Bessent is the originator of the '92 Pound Sterling attack, throwing it out of the EMS, making Soros billions, clearly this man knows more about such things than many "experts", especially with more than a year prep.
I am not saying it is ..... But ... something peculiar is going on, and I can't even formulate my question really. The ups and downs are way too ..... precise. Today I calculated it would be a 1000 up. Nice. I also calculated the 71500 level as a short exit. Nice. Thanks and all. But is it never been this precise. It feels off.
Sort of again. They can follow to the coinjoin address. People would not be buying BTC on exchanges of course, to avoid any tracking. They can monitor switches/routers via timing methods of tracking. Not for me and you mind you, but for State actors the NSA can really narrow things down. I mean tech/NSA/Darpa owns the internet infrastructure, so privacy is sort of a mirage.
That is indeed the perception, and I belief there has been a study publicized on that matter somewhere in 2014 or 2015. SO, yes, it can be traced and tracked.
The ting with digital assets / wallets, is two fold:
When Kholomoisky ripped the Ukraine off of 5 billion dollars, the guard dogs could only find 20 million of that. The rest is ......
my guess is: hushed .... so, there are ways.