{"id":581862,"date":"2026-04-11T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/paying-iran-in-crypto-could-put-shippers-at-sanctions-risk-chainalysis\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:53:08","slug":"paying-iran-in-crypto-could-put-shippers-at-sanctions-risk-chainalysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/paying-iran-in-crypto-could-put-shippers-at-sanctions-risk-chainalysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying Iran in crypto could put shippers at sanctions risk: Chainalysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paying<\/p>\n

Crypto\u2019s transparent ledger makes sanctions evasion easier to trace, allowing authorities to track and potentially freeze illicit flows.<\/p>\n

Shipping firms that turn to cryptocurrency to pay potential transit fees to Iran could face significant sanctions exposure, according to Kaitlin Martin, senior intelligence analyst at Chainalysis.<\/p>\n

Martin told Cointelegraph that under the current sanctions framework, any payments made to the Iranian regime, including those tied to passage through key waterways, could be interpreted as \u201cmaterial support,\u201d putting companies at risk of violating US and international restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoing so could carry significant sanctions violation risk, as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is sanctioned by multiple jurisdictions and Iran is subject to comprehensive sanctions by the United States,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Crypto\u2019s transparent ledger makes sanctions evasion easier to trace, allowing authorities to track and potentially freeze illicit flows. Shipping firms that turn to cryptocurrency to pay potential transit fees to Iran could face significant sanctions exposure, according to Kaitlin Martin, senior intelligence analyst at Chainalysis. Martin told Cointelegraph that under the current sanctions framework, any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":581863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-581862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}