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18 Sept 2026, 03:57
Scott Bessent Says Financing Iran With Crypto 'Not Beyond' Treasury's Reach, Sanctions Bitcoin Exchange Tied to Iranian Financier Babak Zanjani
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said new sanctions on a Bitcoin exchange tied to Babak Zanjani send a clear message on Iran financing.<p><a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/09/61859812/scott-bessent-iran-crypto-financing-treasury-sanctions-babak-zanjani-exchange" target="_blank">read more</a></p>
18 Sept 2026, 03:38
US Treasury Sanctions BitBank After “Hormuz Safe” BTC Payments Linked to IRGC
U.S. authorities have announced new sanctions targeting an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange, alleging it was used to process Bitcoin payments tied to maritime traffic through a strategic choke point in the Middle East. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated BitBank, accusing the platform of helping move cryptocurrency-linked [...]
18 Sept 2026, 02:37
US Sanctions Iran’s BitBank Over “Hormuz Safe” BTC Payments
U.S. authorities have announced new sanctions targeting an Iranian crypto exchange known as BitBank, accusing it of helping move Bitcoin payments tied to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Treasury says the exchange was used to transfer funds received through a Hormuz-related payments authority to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In [...]
18 Sept 2026, 01:33
US sanctions Iran’s BitBank, saying it processes ‘Hormuz Safe’ Bitcoin payments
US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC.
18 Sept 2026, 00:29
SEC exemption boosts ONDO, price rises 13% as Ondo Finance eyes tokenized stocks
🚀 ONDO price jumps 13% after SEC unveils an exemption for tokenized US stocks.
17 Sept 2026, 22:53
US Treasury sanctions Iranian exchange BitBank for Bitcoin transfers to IRGC
🚨 US sanctions BitBank for Bitcoin transfers linked to Iran’s government.
