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Bitcoin as an Emerging‑Market Hedge: Iran’s Rial, On‑Chain Flows, and Institutional Bids (2025–26) – cover image
Bitcoin as an Emerging‑Market Hedge: Iran’s Rial, On‑Chain Flows, and Institutional Bids (2025–26)

This piece traces how BTC is evolving into a currency hedge in 2025–26, using Iran’s rial collapse and growing institutional accumulation as linked case studies. It weighs anecdotal and on‑chain evidence against policy and regulatory risks that complicate the hedge thesis for emerging‑market investors.