The US has frozen over $130 million in crypto assets tied to Iran as the Middle East tensions keep simmering in the shadows 🖤
Rising Shadows of Conflict 🌑
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dropped the news on X confirming that OFAC sanctioned several wallets belonging to the Central Bank of Iran 💀
We will continue to aggressively follow the money and deny the Iranian regime access to the proceeds of its illicit revenue schemes.
— Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) view on X
Tether Snaps the Chains 🕸️
Blockchain sleuth Specter revealed that Tether locked four TRON wallets holding roughly $131 million in USDT after tracing most of it back through DTC Pay and Bitso before the freeze hit 🔮
Stablecoin issuer Tether froze four TRON wallets holding approximately $131 million in USDT linked to OFAC-sanctioned entities including the IRGC and Bank Markazi.
— Specter (@SpecterAnalyst) view on X
The latest move lands right as the US-Iran standoff collapsed again with naval blockades back in place and fresh strikes rolling out 🦇
Defi Pressure Mounts on Tehran 🌹
This freeze echoes the earlier April Tether action that seized $344 million in USDT under US requests and the sanctions slapped on Nobitex plus other exchanges for routing funds tied to the IRGC and Central Bank 🕷️
Just another echo from the void by iconofsin.eth 💖
