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OFAC on September 17 designated Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, linked to financier Zanjani, alleging it moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the IRGC since June, with the platform's developer and three associates named alongside it. The transmission channel is compliance rather than spot price: designated wallet addresses become untouchable for US-regulated exchanges and stablecoin issuers, tightening screening on OTC desks and raising freeze risk for counterparties with indirect exposure. Watch whether OFAC publishes specific BTC addresses and whether Tether or major exchanges follow with freezes, which would extend the sanctions perimeter into on-chain liquidity rather than leaving it a headline-level regulatory overhang.
As a Policy signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around BTC.
Original Source: CoinPost
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