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Ryan Kirkley: From Oil To Bitcoin, Markets Shift With Strait Of Hormuz News

WASHINGTON -- Cryptocurrency markets surged and oil traders recalibrated after signals that the Strait of Hormuz is reopening, even as military tensions and policy contradictions persist.

While equities have been slower to react, analysts say the divergence reflects how different parts of the global financial system process risk and liquidity.

Ryan Kirkley, CEO of blockchain payments company Global Settlement Network

In an interview with RFE/RL on April 17, Ryan Kirkley, CEO of blockchain payments company Global Settlement Network, explains the worldwide economic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, why markets are moving at varying paces, and why oil prices may already be turning.

RFE/RL: Let's start simple. Why is the Strait of Hormuz so critical to the global market?

Ryan Kirkley: We see roughly 20 percent of all oil and nearly 30 percent of petroleum products flow through the Strait of Hormuz. Even a small disruption breaks global supply chains, from pharmaceuticals to agriculture to jet fuel to the energy that powers grids around the world.

The moment that flow is interrupted, we begin to see countries falter, economies weaken, and entire industries come under rapid stress. Realistically, the Strait of Hormuz touches nearly every part of the global economy.

RFE/RL: One industry that responded quickly to the latest developments is crypto. Why is Bitcoin suddenly part of this conversation?

Kirkley: Bitcoin was always part of this conversation with Iran. What many people don't realize is that Iran accounts for a significant share of global Bitcoin mining.

During the conflict, we saw mining difficulty -- essentially the cost of producing Bitcoin -- drop sharply as energy infrastructure was disrupted. Now, with a cease-fire and some restoration of energy grids, that has rebo

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Economist Proposes National USD Stablecoin to Eliminate Currency Controls in Venezuela



Alejandro Grisanti, head of Ecoanalitica, proposed issuing a national USD stablecoin as part of a series of measures to lift currency controls in Venezuela. This system would complement the current auction system, allowing the excluded sector to receive dollars via blockchain rails.

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Ecoanalitica proposes a stablecoin to fix local dollar shortages, driving future Venezuelan bank integration.

Surging adoption since 2025 bypasses the Central Bank, making stablecoins vital for future SME dollar access.

In October, R&D, Conexus, processing 40% of transfers, announced work on a stablecoin settlement system.

Ecoanalítica Proposes Venezuelan Stablecoin to Solve Dollar Woes

As the Venezuelan economy faces headwinds because of the currency controls and the exclusion of small and medium enterprises from the dollar assignment system, cryptocurrencies can be part of the solution to these issues.

In a recent note, Alejandro Grisanti, founder and CEO of Ecoanalitica, an economic consulting firm, highlighted the advantages of issuing a stablecoin to help correct dollar distribution issues derived from the implementation of an auction system that allows different exchange rates for the greenback.

Grisanti proposes “the implementation of a system based on stablecoins integrated into the formal financial system, subject to strict regulation and featuring AML/KYC compliance mechanisms,” in addition to the controlled import of cash to allow small and medium-sized companies without banking accounts in the U.S. to operate using dollars in the local market.

Grisanti’s proposal suggests the issuance of a dollar stablecoin specially designed for the country, which would feature traceability, operational control, and shared auditing with international partners.

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President Trump said Thursday the White House is investigating the deaths and disappearances of 10 scientists with ties to classified US defense, nuclear, and aerospace research, calling the pattern “

President Trump said Thursday the White House is investigating the deaths and disappearances of 10 scientists with ties to classified US defense, nuclear, and aerospace research, calling the pattern “pretty serious stuff” after leaving a meeting on the topic — as a lawmaker called for a formal FBI probe into what investigators have not yet confirmed is anything other than coincidence. Summary Trump told reporters on the White House lawn: “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half. Some of them were very important people.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump administration would “deem worth looking into” a cluster of cases involving scientists with access to classified nuclear and space material that has drawn growing public scrutiny since late 2024. Investigators have found no evidence of a common thread linking the cases, and Harvard physicist Avi Loeb said the cases are probably unrelated because the individuals worked in different specialty areas. The White House scientist investigation officially entered public view Thursday when President Trump acknowledged he had just left a meeting on the topic of 10 scientists who have died or disappeared since mid-2024, all of them tied to classified US defense, nuclear, or aerospace research. “Pretty serious stuff,” Trump told reporters before boarding Marine One. “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt this week called it “definitely something I think this government and administration would deem worth looking into,” according to Newsweek reporting. A lawmaker has separately called for the FBI to open a formal investigation. The Known Cases Five of the ten have died; five remain missing. Among the most prominent: retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William “Neil” McCasland, 68, who previously oversaw some of the military’s most advanced and highly classified research programs, disappeared from his

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Bitcoin has long been promised to function as money. In practice, it rarely does.While 99% of transactions are still speculative trading, for as long as bitcoin has been a thing it has been used to sk

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Circle unveils USDC Bridge for native cross-chain stablecoin transfers Stablecoin issuer

Circle unveils USDC Bridge for native cross-chain stablecoin transfers



Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched $USDC Bridge, enabling users to transfer $USDC natively between at least 17 blockchains without needing to rely on wrapped or synthetic tokens.

On Friday, Circle’s $USDC X account said the bridge allows users to move the $USDC ($USDC) stablecoin in a “predictable, transparent way,” citing a native burn-and-mint transfer mechanism and no bridge complexities.

Gas fees will be handled automatically, fees will be shown upfront, and live status updates will be provided throughout the transfer, Circle added.

Source: Circle

The $USDC Bridge builds on Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), which was introduced in April 2023 and facilitates hundreds of millions of stablecoin transfers each day.

Cross-chain bridges seek to make the broader crypto ecosystem interoperable, functioning as a unified network rather than a collection of fragmented, isolated blockchains.

Making bridges as simple and easy to use as possible has been an area of focus for many crypto infrastructure firms.

In the past, bridges have confused users and arguably slowed crypto adoption, especially for beginners struggling to navigate bridge interfaces, trade routes and gas fees.

$USDC Bridge supports over a dozen blockchains

Cointelegraph found that $USDC Bridge supports $USDC transfers between at least 17 Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchains, including Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, Monad, Optimism, Polygon, Sonic and World Network.

Related: Ukraine arrests FBI-wanted cybercrime suspect, seizes $11M in assets

Circle’s CCTP supports a broader number of blockchains, including Solana, Sui and Aptos, which are not natively EVM compatible.

On Wednesday, Circle was hit with a class action for failing to freeze around $230 million worth of $USDC that 

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