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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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department froze roughly $130 million in crypto wallets tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. A large named sanctions freeze of on-chain assets confirms governments are operationalizing traceable ledgers as instruments of financial statecraft.
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Supporting · July 22, 2026
US Treasury Freezes Roughly $130 Million in Iran-Linked Crypto Wallets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department froze roughly $130 million in crypto wallets tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. A large named sanctions freeze of on-chain assets confirms governments are operationalizing traceable ledgers as instruments of financial statecraft.
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