Iran’s Billion Crypto Secret Beat Stocks and Gold | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Global markets are bleeding. Indian indices are down 8%. The S&P 500, the Nasdaq, even gold — all underperforming. Yet Bitcoin has gained 14% since the Iran war began. Why? Two forces are driving it: institutional money quietly accumulating through ETFs, and Iran — a sanctioned state that built a $7.8 billion crypto economy to survive Western financial isolation. The IRGC moved $3 billion through digital assets last year alone. This is Bitcoin in 2026: a Wall Street trade and a geopolitical lifeline, simultaneously.

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