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Morning Edition · Saturday, October 24, 2026Published at 1:47 AM EDT · New York
Netanyahu Says He Has Ordered a Blockchain Plan in Case Israel Faces Banking Sanctions
Speaking four days before Israel's Oct. 27 election, he called blockchain "one of the alternatives" for an "alternative economic system" but named no protocol, token or timeline.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has requested a plan to use crypto as one way around possible banking sanctions on Israel. Asked in a television interview whether blockchain could serve that purpose, he answered, "Blockcha…
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States Turn Crypto Rails Into Sanctions Instruments
Governments increasingly track, freeze, and seize on-chain assets to enforce sanctions, turning traceable ledgers and centrally controlled stablecoins into extensions of financial statecraft rather than escapes from it.
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