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  "id": 8194283,
  "title": "Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/irans-strait-of-hormuz-toll-booth-ran-through-a-bitcoin-exchange-u-s",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T06:52:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/18/iran-s-strait-of-hormuz-toll-booth-ran-through-a-bitcoin-exchange-u-s-says"
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  "summary": "The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "title": "Binance responds after U.S. seeks $61 million in crypto tied to Iranian oil sales",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/binance-responds-after-u-s-seeks-61-million-in-crypto-tied-to-iranian",
        "published": "2026-09-16T21:18:37.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "US sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank over Hormuz payments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/us-sanctions-iranian-crypto-exchange-bitbank-over-hormuz-payments",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:25:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Treasury cracks down on Iranian crypto network",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/treasury-cracks-down-on-iranian-crypto-network",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:25:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "US sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank over alleged bitcoin transfers to IRGC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/us-sanctions-iranian-crypto-exchange-bitbank-over-alleged-bitcoin",
        "published": "2026-09-17T20:05:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US sanctions Iranian financier's crypto exchange, says it processes Hormuz payments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/us-sanctions-iranian-financiers-crypto-exchange-says-it-processes",
        "published": "2026-09-18T00:20:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Decrypt",
        "title": "Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/treasury-sanctions-crypto-exchange-behind-irans-bitcoin-tolls-on",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:01:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The US Treasury sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, saying it sent hundreds of millions to the IRGC and helped Iran operate a Strait of Hormuz toll booth (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-us-treasury-sanctions-iranian-crypto-exchange-bitbank-saying-it",
        "published": "2026-09-18T10:50:02.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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