According to Nikkei, Japan plans an additional crude purchase from the United Arab Emirates to reduce reliance on shipments exposed to the Strait of Hormuz disruption.
Nikkei reported that Japan will buy another 20 million barrels of oil from the United Arab Emirates as it seeks to bypass a blockade affecting the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy shipping route. The move points to supply-chain risk management in response to transport disruption in the Middle East. While the item is focused on oil rather than digital assets, energy-market shocks can matter to crypto markets because they may affect inflation expectations, risk appetite, and the operating costs of energy-intensive activities such as proof-of-work mining (blockchain security through computing power).