Bessent Warns Foreign Nations to Sever Iranian Digital Asset Ties

Department of the Treasury defined digital assets as a critical sector that can be targeted by secondary sanctions in the future, alongside technology, gold, aviation, and shipping

OttoTrader publishedAug 25, 2026, 2:08 AM

Original source timeAug 25, 2026, 1:30 AM

UpdatedAug 25, 2026, 2:08 AM

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Department of the Treasury defined digital assets as a critical sector that can be targeted by secondary sanctions in the future, alongside technology, gold, aviation, and shipping The Treasury Department stressed any nation or person can be sanctioned, regardless of location, following Executive Order (E Bessent Warns Foreign Nations to Sever Iranian Digital Asset Ties

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