Haseeb

And this is not trending in a good direction.

And I don't think he is somebody who feels a lot of sunk costs in previous entanglements.

That's one of his virtues, I think, as a strategist.

But he's going to really struggle to spin this domestically.

Yeah, I don't know why you would comment on it or chess beat around this thing.

It is interesting and it's worth thinking intellectually about what it means for the future of money and for the future of geopolitics.

Mm-hmm.

So actually Iran announced that they were willing to take payment in two forms of currencies, one being Bitcoin, the second being the Yuan, right?

The Chinese currency.

And, um, there's a bank I think called Kunlun bank, which has been sanctioned by the U S specifically because it offers banking to Iran.

Um,

It's interesting because the fact that Iran is willing to accept not just Bitcoin, but these two currencies, tells you something about the role of Bitcoin internationally, which is that it is the kind of sanction-resistant alternative payment system.

But it's not the only one, right?

Like, Iran is clearly aligned with China.

They have an alliance.

China has been pretty hands-off.

They've not directly interceded in the conflict.

They've not offered military support or armed support to Iran.

It's an interesting...

picture of what China's alliances are going to look like going forward, given the fact that they didn't actually lend aid to Iran in any explicit way during this time.