Bessent reports seizure of $1B in Iranian crypto holdings
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the seizure of approximately $1 billion in Iranian crypto holdings as part of Operation Economic Fury. The operation primarily targeted assets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and involved significant collaboration with Tether, the issuer of USDT. While the total seizure figure is reported as $1 billion, confirmed frozen assets are closer to $500 million.
- ▪Operation Economic Fury has frozen hundreds of millions in USDT tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
- ▪The actual verified seizure figures indicate nearly $500 million in confirmed frozen assets.
- ▪The Treasury imposed sanctions on two UK-registered cryptocurrency exchanges that facilitated IRGC-linked funds.
4 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 3 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Bessent says US has seized $1 billion in Iranian crypto assets — r/CryptoCurrency
- ▪ Treasury Secretary Bessent Says US Has 'Grabbed' $1 Billion in Crypto From Iran — Decrypt
- ▪ US has seized nearly $1 billion in crypto from Iran, Bessent says — The Block (Crypto)
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