# US says Iran’s Strait of Hormuz ‘toll booth’ ran through bitcoin exchange

https://mins.news/en/item/63781

- CoinDesk, 2026-09-18 06:52 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/18/iran-s-strait-of-hormuz-toll-booth-ran-through-a-bitcoin-exchange-u-s-says

> The US Treasury sanctioned Tehran-based exchange BitBank, alleging it transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and processed payments from ships buying passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

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