US Opens a New Front Against Iran’s Crypto Economy
Bitcoin Magazine US Opens a New Front Against Iran’s Crypto Economy The U.S. this week closed in on Iran, further targeting its crypto-related methods of dodging sanctions in a new…
US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions Companies
Bitcoin Magazine US Closes in on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Bitcoin Insurance Policy, Sanctions Companies Iran has been dodging sanctions by accepting pay in Bitcoin from ships passing through the…
Tether Freezes $344 Million in USDT With OFAC and US Law Enforcement
Tether froze more than $344 million in USDT across two blockchain addresses on April 23, 2026, acting on information shared by U.S. authorities tied to unlawful conduct. Key Takeaways: Tether…
US Treasury Removes Tornado Cash From OFAC Sanctions List
Bitcoin Magazine US Treasury Removes Tornado Cash From OFAC Sanctions List The Department of Treasury has lifted Sanctions on Tornado Cash, the Ethereum based smart contract mixer, following a series…
Forget About The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve For A Moment — Mining Censorship Is Back
Follow Aaron on Nostr or X. The news got buried in part due to Trump’s inauguration and subsequent rumblings of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR), but developer b10c recently published…
Latam Insights Encore: The Venezuelan Perfect Storm Highlights Bitcoin’s Key Use Case
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency-based news from last week. In this edition, we discuss how bitcoin is being leveraged…
De-Risking or Decoupling? China- US Bilateral Trade Falls More Than 10% This Year
Analysts have criticized the new ‘de-risking’ strategy that the U.S. is currently using against China, explained by U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in April, clarifying that national security was…
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Now That Authorities Have Shut Down Tornado Cash, Is Bitcoin Next?
Crypto privacy advocates were appalled when U.S. authorities sanctioned and shut down Tornado Cash. Could Bitcoin survive a similar attack? Despite being an automated, decentralized version of a typical cryptocurrency…
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Coin Center Says OFAC’s Tornado Cash Ban ‘Exceeds Statutory Authority,’ Plans to ‘Engage’ With US Watchdog
On August 15, the non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing crypto assets, Coin Center, published a blog post that says the organization is looking at the legality of the…
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Dutch Law Enforcement Arrests Suspected Tornado Cash Developer in Amsterdam
According to a statement from the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), law enforcement officials in Amsterdam arrested an unnamed 29-year-old suspected of developing the ethereum mixing application Tornado…