Sanctions News

The United Nations Security Council's Sanctions Committee on North Korea has accused the country of using a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm as a front to launde...

North Korea is allegedly developing its cryptocurrency for bypassing U.S. sanctions, but experts point out other reasons for this initiative.

The U.S. announces further sanctions against three North Korean state-sponsored hacker groups, responsible for North Korea’s malicious cyber activities.

The UN is reportedly investigating 35 North Korean cyberattacks across 17 countries, utilizing 3 main attack vectors.

Venezuela is leading the crypto peer-to-peer BTC trade market, despite government efforts to drive adoption of its oil-backed cryptocurrency, Petro.

The Iran-U.S. cold war spills into blockchain: Can America really stop Iran from mining Bitcoin?

John McAfee speaks with Cointelegraph about Facebook’s Libra, the importance of privacy and why he hasn’t paid U.S. taxes in eight years.

Iranian Assistant Minister of Trade says that US Congress is trying to stop BTC mining in Iran.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the country’s leading bank, Banco de Venezuela, to accept the nation’s cryptocurrency El Petro at all its branches.

The country’s economy minister confirmed the plans to use crypto in local and international transactions.

A senior official warned U.S. measures were pressuring Pyongyang into finding illicit channels of income.

Iran’s central bank, in partnership with a local blockchain solutions provider, is developing a national blockchain platform called Borna that will be used to r...

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Moscow-based bank Evrofinance, claiming it was the main international bank that helped finance Venezuela’s controversial oil-ba...

Foreign investors, particularly from China, have expressed their interest in creating a crypto investment fund and exchange in Crimea.

U.S. lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would impose further sanctions on Iranian financial institutions and its national cryptocurrency.