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Morning Edition · Friday, September 18, 2026Published at 1:52 AM EDT · New York
US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to the Revolutionary Guard
The designation names the exchange's developer and three associates of financier Babak Zanjani, and alleges hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin moved to the Guard between June and July.
The United States Treasury Department sanctioned the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, alleging it moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an organization designated as a terr…
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