All Cryptomat articles tagged #ofac.
Treasury sanctioned Iran's Nobitex exchange Sunday under the 'Economic Fury' campaign, targeting Tehran's crypto rails as a sanctions-evasion channel.
OFAC widened crypto sanctions against Tehran-based Nobitex on Wednesday, blacklisting fresh wallet clusters tied to Iran's largest digital-asset venue.
OFAC blacklisted Nobitex and three other Iranian crypto exchanges Tuesday, naming several executives and citing ties to terror financing and sanctions evasion.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US has seized $1B in crypto tied to Iran's government under Operation Economic Fury, with the figure still climbing.
Iran is pressing the US to release $6B in frozen funds as renewed talks complicate the global crypto sanctions framework and compliance burdens.
A leaked US-Iran draft pairs an immediate ceasefire with sanctions relief and a crypto carve-out that could reshape stablecoin flows and trade settlement.
US Treasury sanctioned more than 50 firms and vessels tied to Iran's shadow banking Tuesday, freezing nearly $500M in regime crypto holdings worldwide.
Iran is pushing a Bitcoin-settled marine cargo insurance platform targeting $10B in premiums tied to Strait of Hormuz shipping, Decrypt reported Monday.
Iran's Hormuz Safe is settling Strait of Hormuz cargo insurance in Bitcoin, AMBCrypto reported Monday, routing premiums around sanctioned reinsurance rails.
North Korea-linked hackers stole $2B in crypto in 2025, up 51% YoY, with Lazarus targeting high-value exploits, per a new AMBCrypto report Friday.
Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto exchange, has avoided OFAC sanctions even as Tehran tightens internet controls after February's US-Israel strikes.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sanctioned Chinese entities Friday for supplying satellite imagery to Iran, a move that tightens US-China tensions and crypto…
Cryptobriefing flagged DPRK-linked hackers as crypto's top external threat in 2026, with projected losses approaching $1.2 billion this year.
Treasury sanctioned China's Hengli Petrochemical on Monday for Iranian crude purchases, a move that risks tightening global oil supply and feeding crypto's…
North Korea's Lazarus Group is linked to a $292M DeFi exploit on Friday, triggering $13B in TVL outflows across the sector as users yank funds.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tether froze $344M in wallets tied to Iran's IRGC on April 24, the largest single sanctions action against crypto to date.
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