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BTC news: Iran's Strait of Hormuz toll booth has been settling in bitcoin since June
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Iran has spent this year charging tankers between $1 million and $2 million to cross the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. Treasury said that since June, part of that money has moved through a cryptocurrency exchange in Tehran. A Thursday release shows The Office of Foreign Assets.
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