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US Seizes Nearly $1 Billion in Iranian Crypto Assets, Treasury Secretary Says

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Cointelegraph Staff
(08:38 AM UTC)
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Updated bySarah Chen

The United States has seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian crypto assets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday, adding that some of the wallet owners may not yet know the funds are gone.

“I believe that we have seized about a billion dollars of their crypto,” Bessent said while speaking at the Reagan National Economic Forum. “Just outright grabbed the wallets. Some of them may be typing in…

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