11 May 21

The US Government Is Powerless to Block Bitcoin Addresses. – InfoCoin

8 Dec 18

BREAKING: For the first time in history, the US has sanctioned a bitcoin address. Feels good to be Monero advocate! : Monero

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8 Dec 18

US gubment is trying to "sanction" the Bitcoin addresses of Iranian individuals. Let's see how this is gonna play out. :) : Bitcoin

r/Bitcoin: A community dedicated to Bitcoin, the currency of the Internet. Bitcoin is a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. You might be interested in Bitcoin if you like cryptography, distributed peer-to-peer systems, or economics. A large percentage of Bitcoin enthusiasts are libertarians, though people of all political philosophies are welcome.

30 Nov 18

Kay Kurokawa on Twitter: "1) Iranian hacker tweets out his own address. https://t.co/lfRWydAquh 2) Use it to scam millions of $ worth of Bitcoin. 3) Gets sanctioned by the US https://t.co/3jRCNn14Pb , they reference the exact address you tweeted out h/t @CobraBitcoin"

30 Nov 18

niftycallput.com on Twitter: "You Can’t Blacklist a Bitcoin Address The addresses in question, 149w62rY42aZBox8fGcmqNsXUzSStKeq8C and 1AjZPMsnmpdK2Rv9KQNfMurTXinscVro9V, have been involved in over 7,000 transactions since 2013 and received close to 6,000 BTC. As of Nov. 28, anyone interacting with these..."

28 Nov 18

A First: U.S. Treasury Makes Bitcoin Addresses Focal Point in Sanctions | | The News Headline

28 Nov 18

The US Treasury just added two Bitcoin-addresses to Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) list - the two addresses are associated with the SamSam ransomware : Bitcoin

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28 Nov 18

U.S Treasury Dept. Takes Action against Financiers of Crypto Cyber-Crimes in Iran - CryptStorm

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against two Iran-based persons, Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan for facilitating the exchange of a ransom in bitcoin (BTC) into the country's national currency, Rial.

28 Nov 18

Bitcoin First: US Government Sanctions Wallet Addresses - CoinSpice

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a chilling first for the crypto world: "today’s action marks the first time OFAC is publicly attributing digital currency addresses to designated individuals," the Treasury press release read. "As a result of today’s action, persons that engage in transactions with [those addresses] could be subject to secondary sanctions. Regardless of whether a transaction is denominated in a digital currency or traditional fiat currency, OFAC compliance obligations are the same."

28 Nov 18

SamSam ransomware Khorashadizadeh and Ghorbaniyan