News Block: Peace Talks Collapse, Trump Blockades Hormuz, Iran Accepts Bitcoin for Oil, NYT Says it Found Satoshi & Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Smashes Records

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance:

• Peace Talks Collapse, Trump Orders Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
• Iran Is Accepting Bitcoin for Oil Passage — What That Means for the Monetary System
• The New York Times Claims to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto
• Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Smashes Every Debut Record in the Firm's History
• Strategy's $STRC Hits More Than $500M in Single-Day Volume

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References mentioned in the episode:

• Trump Says US to Sever Key Iran Lifeline With Blockade of Strait
• US, Iran Fail to Reach Peace Agreement After Marathon Talks
• Iran's Sanctions-Busting Crypto Ambitions Grow on Toll Payments
• Trump Announces U.S. Blockade of Strait of Hormuz
• Iran Demands Bitcoin Payments for Strait of Hormuz Transit Tolls
• Oil Futures Up 7% on Hyperliquid as Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Hormuz
• Bitcoin Rebound Faces Oil Shock Inflation Test Despite Ceasefire Relief
• Bitcoin Magazine: Iran is Accepting Bitcoin for Transit Toll Payments
• Jack Mallers' Tweet on Iran Turning to Bitcoin Payments
• President Trump Truth Social Blockade Announcement
• Dated Brent Oil Price Surges Above $140, Highest Since 2008
• Dated Brent Oil Price Jumps to Highest Level on Record
• The Mystery of Satoshi Nakamoto — NYT John Carreyrou
• John Carreyrou's thread on the NYT Satoshi investigation
• Adam Back's response: "I'm not Satoshi"
• Michael Saylor: "Stylometry is interesting, but not proof"
• Dominic Frisby's thread on why Adam Back can't be Satoshi
• Eric Weiss: "Adam Back isn't Satoshi, but Bitcoin is better because of him"
• Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Draws $34M on Day One
• Morgan Stanley Debuts Bitcoin ETF as Price Slump Rattles Holders
• Bitcoin News: Morgan Stanley Just Launched Its Bitcoin ETF
• Bitcoin Magazine: Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg on MSBT's record-breaking debut
• STRC Live Tracker — Real-time Price, Volume & ATM Activity
• Phong Le: STRC has more liquidity as a % of market cap than every Mag 7 stock
• Michael Saylor: "One penny of volatility. $526M of liquidity. Closed at par."
• Michael Saylor: "Think Bigger."
• Coin Stories — Natalie Brunell's interview with Strategy CEO Phong Le

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