The United States Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, announced that the US administration reached a cumulative total of approximately 1 billion dollars in Iranian cryptocurrency seized under its economic sanctions campaign. During his speech at the Reagan National Economic Forum, the official detailed that this record figure is the result of various direct operations on digital wallets, built upon previous actions such as the massive freezing of USDT on the Tron network.
Live: Secretary Bessent delivers remarks at the Reagan National Economic Forum. https://t.co/k0OZERqJ1T
— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) May 29, 2026
This milestone represents an unprecedented escalation in digital financial warfare through the so-called “Operation Economic Fury.” The financial suffocation strategy, executed in close collaboration with stablecoin issuers and blockchain data analytics firms, neutralized the channels that Tehran used to evade sanctions and finance operations. The impact of these measures weakens the external liquidity of the Asian country, which used to move hundreds of millions of dollars monthly through cryptographic assets.
It is anticipated that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will continue to issue new wallet designations and blocks in the coming months. The crypto market assimilates how the inherent transparency of distributed ledgers allows for effective tracking at a state level, transforming the blockchain into a highly scrutinized ecosystem against the movement of illicit capital.
Source: https://x.com/USTreasury/status/2060432462631629220
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