Hormuz oil contagion spreads to 8 major economies and Bitcoin has just one route through

Bitcoin’s path through 2026 now runs through global economic policy. The disruption around the Strait of Hormuz has moved beyond a commodity-price event and into the machinery of governments. The International Energy Agency said crude and refined-product exports through the strait had fallen to less than 10% of pre-conflict levels after about 20 million barrels per day moved through the route in 2025, equal to roughl…