Treasury Targets Iran Crypto Sector and $100M Oil Payment Network
The Treasury has opened Iran’s digital asset sector to broader sanctions while targeting a broker accused of processing over $100...
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US Opens a New Front Against Iran’s Crypto Economy
Bitcoin Magazine US Opens a New Front Against Iran’s Crypto Economy The U.S. this week closed in on Iran, further targeting its cr...
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US widens Iran crypto sanctions as dollar threat revives Bitcoin and gold debate
The United States is threatening to eject Iran’s trading partners from the dollar system while widening its power to sanction the...
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US Treasury Targets Iran Crypto Networks in $100M Sanctions Crackdown on Oil Flows
Key Takeaways: Operation Economic Outcast, U.S. The Treasury’s move against the crypto market in Iran, gains momentum. Under the n...
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OFAC Targets Ministry of Intelligence, Crypto-for-Oil Payments in Latest Iran Sanctions
Summary As part of the Treasury’s newly launched Operation Economic Outcast, OFAC issued a first-ever sectoral determination cover...
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Binance Blocks HTX and EXMO. Sixteen Platforms Cut Off Amid Sanctions Push
For brokers, part of the counterparty due diligence now happens upstream, as exchanges start filtering out sanctioned platforms be...
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US sanctions exposed a $6.3 billion crypto pipeline linking Iran and Russia
On Aug. 7, US authorities sanctioned Shelbit and Aban Tether, two Iranian-linked crypto platforms accused of facilitating transact...
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US Treasury Sanctions 2 Iran-Linked Crypto Exchanges in $5M Money-Laundering Case
Key Takeaways: Shelbit, Aban Tether, and Siavash Kayvanpour, a cryptocurrency operator, were sanctioned by OFAC. The U.S. authorit...
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U.S. widens Iran crypto crackdown with sanctions on two exchanges
The Treasury's OFAC targeted Shelbit and Aban Tether as Washington continues its effort to cut Tehran's access to crypto and forei...
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Crypto Dispensers Appoints Mohamed Abdel Aleem as Chief Compliance Officer
Chicago, USA, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire CAMS-certified compliance leader to strengthen the money services business’s BSA/AML, sa...
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Iran-Linked Dubai Exchange Sent Binance $676 Million, Reuters Investigation Finds
An unlicensed crypto exchange run out of a Dubai office above a budget hotel has processed at least $4 billion since May 2024 as t...
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US Sanctions Iranian Firms Behind Bitcoin-Paid Strait of Hormuz Insurance
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned two Iranian companies on July 29 over an operation that charged commercial ships to cross the Strait...
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US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions Companies
Bitcoin Magazine US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions Companies Iran has been dodging sanct...
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US sanctions firms behind Iran’s Strait of Hormuz BTC insurance scheme
The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)has sanctioned two Iranian maritime firms in an effort to stop Iran from...
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US Treasury freezes $130M crypto wallet tied to Iran’s IRGC
OFAC sanctioned four Tron wallets tied to Iran's IRGC, freezing $131M in USDT. Tether coordinated the freeze as US crypto sanction...
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OFAC Sanctions Iran Central Bank Crypto Wallets, Freezing $131M in Stablecoins
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday updated its Central Bank of Iran designation to…...
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US Treasury Freezes More Than $130 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets
The US Treasury sanctioned multiple crypto wallets tied to the Central Bank of Iran on Tuesday, freezing more than $130 million in...
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FOMC meets July 28–29 as stablecoin rulemaking deadline lands
TL;DR The GENIUS Act’s stablecoin rulemaking deadline lands July 18, when six federal agencies must finalize capital, reserve, and...
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