{"id":74768,"date":"2026-03-03T18:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74768"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:16:31","slug":"cryptos-overlooked-role-as-a-pressure-valve-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=74768","title":{"rendered":"Crypto&#8217;s Overlooked Role As A &#8216;Pressure Valve&#8217; In Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>New research from Chainalysis shows cryptocurrencies once again acting as a financial &#8220;pressure valve&#8221; in Iran during crisis conditions.<\/p>\n<p>On-chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/iranian-crypto-outflows-spike-after-airstrikes\/\">data<\/a> indicates that following the Feb. 28 U.S.\u2013Israeli airstrikes, there was a sharp surge in <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) outflows from Iranian exchanges. <\/p>\n<p>Within hours of the news breaking, hourly withdrawals jumped dramatically at times nearing or exceeding $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>By March 2, cumulative outflows since Feb. 28 had reached approximately $10.3 million, well above typical baseline activity.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern mirrors previous crisis-driven spikes, including the 2024 Kerman bombings and protest &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51011204\/cryptos-overlooked-role-as-a-pressure-valve-in-iran?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Crypto's\" overlooked role as a valve in iran>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from Chainalysis shows cryptocurrencies once again acting as a financial &#8220;pressure valve&#8221; in Iran during crisis conditions. On-chain data indicates that following the Feb. 28 U.S.\u2013Israeli airstrikes, there was a sharp surge in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) outflows from Iranian exchanges. Within hours of the news breaking, hourly withdrawals jumped dramatically at times nearing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-74768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}