The Belma Incident: Why the Strait of Hormuz Is the Options Chain You Aren't Trading
Everyone expects retaliation. Iran fires a missile. The Strait gets blocked....
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Extreme Fear
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Block reward halving event
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
92 million ARB released
Team and early investor shares released
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Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
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