The US Department of the Treasury sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges on Friday, marking the first time the government has blacklisted entire digital asset platforms under its Iran-specific financial sanctions program. ...
Illicit cryptocurrency transactions reached $158 billion in 2025, a 145% increase from the prior year, though they represented a smaller share of the rapidly expanding crypto market, according to blockchain ...
When Hala Mahmoud Almahmoud arrived at a money changer in northwestern Syria, she carried a plastic card loaded with $500—funds meant to help her restart a farm devastated by nearly ...
Iran's central bank accumulated at least $507 million in USDT to evade international sanctions, using the stablecoin to support its currency and settle trade outside the traditional banking system, according ...
Chinese authorities have taken custody of Chen Zhi, a businessman accused of running one of the world's largest cryptocurrency fraud networks, following his deportation from Cambodia this week. The 38-year-old ...
JPMorgan Chase has frozen JPMorgan accounts linked to two venture-backed stablecoin startups, raising fresh questions for crypto investors, policymakers and fintech founders about how sanctions compliance is shaping access to ...
Russia's crypto mining industry has swelled to 196,900 detected facilities in 2025, a 44% jump from the previous year, according to data from an AI-powered monitoring system developed by telecoms ...
North Korea's state-sponsored hacking group Lazarus is suspected of stealing approximately $30.6 million in cryptocurrency from Upbit, South Korea's largest digital asset exchange, in a breach that authorities say bears ...
World Liberty Financial has burned $22.1 million worth of tokens and frozen 272 wallets to contain damage from a phishing attack that compromised users before the platform's official launch. The ...
Canada's financial intelligence agency has fined a cryptocurrency exchange a record $177 million for systematically failing to report thousands of suspicious transactions linked to fraud, ransomware, and child sexual exploitation ...
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