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2018-11-29 08:41:53

U.S. Treasury Sanctions of Bitcoin Addresses are 'Good for Crypto'

In a first of its kind, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) publishes the Bitcoin address of two known Iranian ransomware scammers. To prevent citizens from being liable for breaking sanctions law, the OFAC recommends not interacting with these BTC addresses. Some in the crypto industry this as a positive step.