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Morning Edition · Saturday, October 10, 2026Published at 1:48 AM EDT · New York
Bessent says the United States will probably seize $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto this week
Separately, on Oct. 9 Tether blacklisted four THORChain vaults on Tron without warning, freezing about 1.45 million USDT for roughly three hours. The episode shows how much reach the issuer's freeze function has.
Scott Bessent, the United States Treasury Secretary, said at Newsmax's NPolicy Summit in Washington that authorities will probably seize about $1 billion in Iran-linked crypto this week. "We know where it is," he said, according to Bitcoin…
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