All Cryptomat articles tagged #sanctions.
Russia plans to outlaw peer-to-peer crypto trading from July 2027, aiming at the $230B P2P market that regulators say funnels illicit flows.
Japan froze assets of Garantex on Saturday, targeting the Russia-linked exchange tied to $96B in crypto transactions and tightening the global sanctions net.
Chainalysis says AI tracing tied the Sept. 24 Bitget breach to North Korea, pushing Pyongyang's 2026 crypto haul past $1B across four blockchains.
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…
Treasury escalated Iran sanctions Tuesday in what officials called the 'greatest economic isolation' push yet, a move that historically pushes bid into BTC.
Russian bullion is rerouting through Hong Kong as Western sanctions reshape the $200B gold market, with implications for BTC's safe-haven bid and reserve flows.
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.
FBI and DOJ seized QScan and QTRouter domains run by China-linked group QTFY, whose victims include NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate.
The US Treasury issued a maritime advisory Tuesday flagging sanctions risks from Iranian-linked entities, tightening compliance pressure on shippers and…
Zelenskiy on Monday urged EU capitals to unlock frozen Russian sovereign assets to plug a €27B Ukraine funding gap, a proposal with knock-on risks for crypto.
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…
Treasury's Bessent said Washington will impose 'unprecedented' sanctions on Iran, per Crypto Briefing, a geopolitical escalation that lands squarely on crypto…
Bybit won a preliminary injunction in DC federal court blocking defendants tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group from moving crypto from its $1.5B hack.
OFAC sanctioned Iranian exchanges Shelbit and Aban Tether plus operator Siavash Kayvanpour on Friday over crypto transfers tied to the IRGC, per BeInCrypto.
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.
Senator Cynthia Lummis said the stalled Clarity Act would give Treasury sharper tools to sanction North Korea's Lazarus Group, per BeInCrypto on Monday.
The EU placed Huobi Global S.A., the entity behind HTX, under a transaction ban in its 21st sanctions package adopted July 23, effective August 23.
Treasury froze up to $500M in Iranian-linked crypto on Friday as US officials weighed a special ops mission to seize uranium, per CryptoBriefing.
Russia approved a bill legalizing crypto for foreign trade settlement on Tuesday while keeping the domestic use ban intact, per CryptoBriefing.
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.
Iran struck a US command center in Syria on Friday, per CryptoBriefing. Regime-fall contracts sit at 9.5% as traders brace for a bid in BTC and gold.
Trump plans to meet Zelensky to negotiate a Ukraine war resolution, per CryptoBriefing. Traders eye sanctions unwinds, stablecoin flows, and ruble corridors.
Israel sanctioned roughly $8M in crypto wallets tied to Iran's IRGC, escalating on-chain enforcement against terror financing and testing exchange compliance.
US and Iranian negotiators opened preliminary peace talks Friday with sanctions relief on the table, but crypto-routed payment channels stay locked under…
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