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U.S. Treasury sanctions over 100 crypto addresses

U.S. Treasury sanctions over 100 crypto addresses

The United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added 134 crypto wallet addresses to its ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) sanctions entry on July 2.

The sanctions target 131 Tron addresses and three Monero addresses tied to the Islamic State affiliate.

The Tron wallets received more than $1.4 million since 2023 and sent out over $880,000, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis

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Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) froze balances on all 131 Tron addresses following the designation, reinforcing the role centralized stablecoin issuers now play in sanctions…

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