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DaveFr • yesterday at 10:22 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Depends on your definition of "legitimate", but Iran uses cryptocurrency to tax oil tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz. There is certainly some practical impact. https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/iran-turns...


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gumby • yesterday at 11:09 PM

Interesting use case. Not formally legitimate but even the US would prefer it not be stopped as even small exports exert a large impact on the price of oil.

But a good example of a macro impact on the global economy.