Israel announces seizure of $1.5 million from Iran-related crypto wallets
Source: PANews
Time: 2025-09-16 12:58:12
PANews September 16th news, according to Techcrunch, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it had ordered the seizure of 187 cryptocurrency wallets suspected of belonging to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). According to blockchain monitoring company Elliptic, the wallet involved has received a total of USDT worth US$1.5 billion. The company cannot confirm that these wallets are indeed owned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Currently, these wallets hold only $1.5 million in assets, which is only a small part of the total amount of funds circulating in the past. Elliptic added that some addresses may be controlled by cryptocurrency services or are part of the wallet infrastructure used to serve multi-customer transactions.