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  • Iran is easing currency controls, allowing businesses to use crypto to move overseas earnings and facilitate trade.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Washington has made crypto a key target of its broader sanctions campaign against Iran.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The US has sanctioned Iranian exchanges and wallets, while Tether has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars linked to Iran.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Iran\u2019s significant Bitcoin mining industry provides another way for the country to earn crypto outside traditional trade channels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Iran is loosening its strict currency controls and leaning on cryptocurrencies \u2013 especially Tether and Bitcoin \u2013 to keep trade moving as the US blocks its ports and squeezes its economy with sanctions, the Financial Times<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

    Years of tight capital controls had already pushed Iranian businesses to stash more than US$100 billion (AU$138 billion) in undeclared funds at home and abroad; now, according to the FT<\/em> report, insiders say, the central bank is quietly letting funds through by whatever route works, including crypto exchanges. As one executive close to the regime put it, the central bank \u201cdoesn\u2019t ask how that money was transferred\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Read more:<\/strong> <\/strong>Australia Removes 45 Remittance and Crypto Firms From AML Registers<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Washington\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n

    In August, the US Treasury launched Operation Economic Outcast, naming crypto one of five targeted sectors alongside technology, gold, aviation and shipping. That followed earlier action in June, when the US sanctioned Iran\u2019s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, and other digital-asset networks over alleged sanctions evasion and ties to the IRGC.<\/p>\n

    The US Treasury has cast digital assets as Tehran\u2019s sanctions-evasion tool of choice, and Washington has moved to penalise Iran\u2019s trading partners, including banks in Egypt and Turkey. Tether itself froze US$344 million (AU$476 million) linked to Iran\u2019s central bank in April, though nearly US$10 billion (AU$13.8 billion) in crypto still flowed through the country in 2025, per TRM Labs.<\/p>\n

    Back in July, the US Treasury added four Tron wallets linked to Iran\u2019s central bank to its sanctions list, leading Tether to freeze about US$131 million (AU$181 million) in USDT held in those addresses, as we reported here. The US has sanctioned Iran\u2019s central bank since 2019 over ties to the IRGC, Hezbollah and the Qods Force, according to the Treasury.<\/p>\n

    Read also:<\/strong> <\/strong>DBS and Citi Complete First Weekend Tokenised Cross-Border Payment<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US remained committed to disrupting Iran\u2019s financial system, including through the use of crypto, and would continue to work to \u201cdeny the Iranian regime access to the proceeds of its illicit revenue schemes\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Bitcoin mining adds another channel: Iran accounts for roughly 4.5% of global mining activity, allowing Iran to earn crypto directly rather than through trade. As Tehran economist Saeed Laylaz told the FT<\/em>, sanctions pressure only deepens Iran\u2019s reliance: \u201cthe blockade has holes\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    Cryptocurrency Law,Iran,USD1#Iran #Eases #Crypto #Rules #Sanctions #Push #Businesses #Bitcoin #USDT1789014819<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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