Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. froze a $130 million crypto wallet linked to Iran's IRGC as part of a broader effort to track and seize assets tied to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and increase economic pressure on Tehran.
The U.S. Treasury designated Nobitex and three other Iranian crypto platforms—along with key executives—under counterterrorism and financial-sector authorities, intensifying U.S. efforts to disrupt Iran’s digital asset network and sanction evasion activities.
OranjeBTC, Latin America’s largest corporate Bitcoin treasury firm, bought 20 BTC and repurchased shares to boost Bitcoin-per-share exposure, bringing holdings to 3,762 BTC while achieving a 2.20% YTD BTC yield.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Russian network for buying stolen government cyber tools with crypto and reselling them, the first action under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act.