$2 Million Per Vessel: Inside Iran’s Massive USDT Toll Operation in the Strait of Hormuz
Reports indicate that some of the payments could have been made in stablecoins, particularly Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin by market capitalization. The U.S. OFAC has warned that maritime companies executing such...
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