Sanctions

Tether has again shown how much control stablecoin issuers can exercise when sanctioned wallets enter the picture. Following an updated OFAC action, …

In brief The Treasury Department sanctioned 134 crypto wallets tied to ISIS-K, including 131 on Tron. Chainalysis said the sanctioned Tron wallets …

ISIS-K allegedly used its media wing to solicit donations via Tron, Monero, and Bitcoin, highlighting stablecoin issuers’ growing role in sanctions enforcement. …

Russia has turned crypto foreign-trade settlement into a live test of how far sanctions pressure can reach beyond banks. The Bank of …

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank and stablecoin infrastructure provider, has submitted a public comment letter supporting the US Treasury Department’s …

In brief A 17-year-old British student was sanctioned by Russia’s Foreign Ministry along with four other British nationals. The student is believed …

In brief The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated four Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges for sanctions violations. Nobitex, Iran’s largest …

OFAC said it was blacklisting Nobitex and three other Iranian exchanges, as well as a few executives, citing links to terror and …

US President Donald Trump announced that a meeting is currently underway to make a final decision regarding the agreement with Iran. Trump …

Britain applied banking-style sanctions to crypto exchanges for the first time, requiring U.K. financial firms to freeze funds and trace transactions. www.coindesk.com