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Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 15, 2026Published at 1:26 AM EDT · New York
US Treasury Freezes More Than $130 Million in Crypto Wallets Tied to Iran's Central Bank
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury sanctioned multiple digital-asset addresses linked to the Central Bank of Iran as a naval blockade resumed.
The United States tightened its financial pressure on Tehran using cryptocurrency networks, with the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioning multiple digital-asset wallets attributed to the Central Bank of Iran. Treas…
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US-Iran Strikes and Hormuz Roil Energy Markets
Recurring US strikes on Iran and Tehran's closures of the Strait of Hormuz keep injecting sharp oil, gold and cross-asset volatility, making Middle East escalation a recurring macro risk factor — one to which large-cap crypto has so far reacted only muted-ly.
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