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Binance CEO Richard Teng demanded a full retraction from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, calling the paper's investigation into its sanctions compliance "defamatory." The WSJ report alleged the exchange processed approximately $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency transactions linked to sanctioned Iran

The U.S. Treasury investigating whether cryptocurrency platforms enabled Iranian officials to evade sanctions follows Iran's crypto activity reaching an estimated $8-10 billion in 2025. Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs said authorities shifted enforcement from individual wallets to exchange infras

U.S. authorities are investigating whether cryptocurrency platforms enabled Iranian officials to evade international sanctions, with Treasury officials examining flows estimated at $8 billion to $10 billion annually — a probe that could reshape compliance requirements across the global crypto indust

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges for processing funds linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The action against UK-registered Zedcex Exchange and Zedxion Exchange represents OFAC's first designation of digital asset platforms for operating in Iran's f

Iran’s cryptocurrency ecosystem expanded to nearly $7.8 billion in activity in 2025, according to a new report from Chainalysis, highlighting how digital assets are increasingly embedded in the country’s economic and political landscape amid sanctions, conflict and domestic unrest. The report finds