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Iran drives $104B surge in sanctions-busting crypto flows

Sanctions evasion has traditionally been viewed as a game of financial shell companies and hidden bank accounts. While those opaque traditional structures remain the bedrock of illicit finance, the mechanism has expanded to the blockchain at scale. Nation-states have upgraded

Claims Russia helping Iran target US assets are credible

The Washington Post, AP and others have reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces, including the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East. This is plausible even if the disclosure is part of a broader gambit to rally