All Cryptomat articles tagged #ofac.
The US Treasury hit the A7 Network with a transnational criminal organization designation Wednesday, tightening the screws on sanctions-evasion rails.
OFAC sanctioned Iranian crypto exchange BitBank on Wednesday over bitcoin transfers to the IRGC, escalating US pressure on Tehran's digital-asset rails.
OFAC hit Iranian crypto exchanges including Nobitex on Wednesday, citing IRGC links and sanctions evasion. Compliance teams are scrambling to screen wallet…
US Treasury gathered global financial institutions Wednesday to expand Operation Economic Outcast, tightening sanctions enforcement on Iran and digital asset…
The State Department offered $10M for information on Iran's Amir Yaryab on Wednesday, escalating a cyber campaign that has repeatedly crossed into crypto rails.
Lazarus-linked wallets have laundered over $30M via Hyperliquid in three weeks, per Arkham, as US officials and Payward discuss regulated access to the venue.
The US Treasury issued a maritime advisory Tuesday flagging sanctions risks from Iranian-linked entities, tightening compliance pressure on shippers and…
The White House handed Iran policy to Treasury on Sunday, pivoting from military options to sanctions. Oil, dollar flows, and crypto rails all sit in the…
OFAC sanctioned Iranian exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether plus operator Siavash Kayvanpour on Friday over crypto transfers tied to the IRGC, per BeInCrypto.
A US court granted Bybit expedited discovery to trace $1.5B stolen by North Korea-linked hackers, letting the exchange subpoena account records from US-facing…
OFAC sanctioned an Iranian network extorting Bitcoin from commercial vessels for Persian Gulf transit, forcing U.S. persons to block property within 10…
A new report links crypto exchange Shelbit to a $4B illicit Iranian online gambling network, raising fresh questions over sanctions screening and OFAC exposure.
Treasury froze up to $500M in Iranian-linked crypto on Friday as US officials weighed a special ops mission to seize uranium, per CryptoBriefing.
Brussels unveiled its 21st sanctions round Wednesday, blacklisting 11 crypto platforms and nearly 90 Russian banks alongside a $44.10 oil price cap freeze.
Kuwait condemned Iranian attacks on regional critical infrastructure Saturday as over $1B in crypto positions liquidated and Treasury sanctioned Iranian…
Iran hit Sulaymaniyah on Friday as US Treasury sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges tied to the IRGC, marking the 200th strike on Iraq since March.
US and Iranian negotiators opened preliminary peace talks Friday with sanctions relief on the table, but crypto-routed payment channels stay locked under…
The US Treasury sanctioned Cambodia's Prince Group on Wednesday over a sprawling crypto fraud operation, marking one of the largest Southeast Asia enforcement…
US sanctions tied to Iran's World Cup travel restrictions point to a wider crypto compliance push, CryptoBriefing reported Friday, raising venue risk.
Draft US deal would unlock a $300B development fund and restore Iran's oil sales rights, reshaping sanctions enforcement and crypto's role as a workaround.
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.
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