{
  "id": 8147502,
  "title": "US sanctions Iran’s BitBank, saying it processes ‘Hormuz Safe’ Bitcoin payments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/us-sanctions-irans-bitbank-saying-it-processes-hormuz-safe-bitcoin",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T01:33:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-sanctions-irans-bitbank-saying-it-processes-hormuz-safe-bitcoin-payments"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}