Iran's Bitcoin Sanctions Bypass Fuels CIA Theory Rebuttals as BTC Holds $74.9K

Bitcoin trades steady around $74,900, shrugging off Professor Jiang Xueqin's viral CIA creation theory with strong rebuttals citing 97,000 nodes across 164 countries and 1.09 ZH/s hash rate. The claim, from an April 15 podcast amplified by his 2.3M-subscriber channel, argued surveillance via SHA-256, but experts like Lyn Alden highlight 17-year open-source resilience. Latest twist: Iran's IRGC collects $2M Bitcoin tolls per supertanker to bypass sanctions, clashing with centralization fears amid BIP-361 debates. Mixed technicals (RSI 62, 20/32 bearish) hold $72K support, eyeing $76K-$80K resistance in a 72-hour test; $1.49T cap, $12.79B volume.