US Treasury issues first-ever sanctions against a cryptocurrency mixer
and cryptocurrency holders to evade international sanctions and finance its weapons programs.
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control also used the opportunity to identify four digital wallets Lazarus reportedly used to launder the rest of theThe agency stressed that most cryptocurrency activity was legal, and that it was only targeting mixers that aid criminals. However, there's a not-so-subtle warning here: the US is willing to sanction crypto service providers if they tolerate state-backed hackers, not just the nations directing those hacks.
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