The United States has sanctioned an unlicensed multi-state cryptocurrency exchange, alleging it processed millions of dollars of crypto for Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other groups linked to the Iranian state.

The US Treasury delisted three IRGC-linked Iranian airlines from sanctions, but crypto enforcement remains aggressive after June's Nobitex

Reuters investigation reveals Iran's IRGC-linked crypto network moved $4 billion through Dubai's unlicensed Shelbit exchange, with $676M flowing