{"id":629475,"date":"2026-07-15T03:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/us-freezes-131m-in-iran-linked-crypto-as-middle-east-tensions-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T03:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:52:49","slug":"us-freezes-131m-in-iran-linked-crypto-as-middle-east-tensions-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/us-freezes-131m-in-iran-linked-crypto-as-middle-east-tensions-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"US freezes $131M in Iran-linked crypto as Middle East tensions rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cUS Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran\u2019s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,\u201d US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. <\/p>\n

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the US government ordered the freezing of more than $130 million in cryptocurrency held in wallets linked to Iran on Tuesday, as hostilities ramped up in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, blockchain investigator Specter pointed to onchain data showing Tether froze four Tron wallets holding $131 million worth of USDt (USDT). Bessent confirmed on X that the wallets were tied to the Central Bank of Iran<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUS Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran\u2019s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,\u201d Bessent said Tuesday. \u201cWe will continue to aggressively follow the money and deny the Iranian regime access to the proceeds of its illicit revenue schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cUS Treasury is committed to disrupting and degrading Iran\u2019s illicit financial activities, including its abuse of digital assets,\u201d US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the US government ordered the freezing of more than $130 million in cryptocurrency held in wallets linked to Iran on Tuesday, as hostilities ramped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":629476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-629475","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\/629475","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=629475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}