Cryptocurrency

A quoted annual rate is only one part of a savings decision. Access, counterparty exposure, plan terms and jurisdiction often matter more than the number in the largest type.

A faster transfer is not automatically a better payment operation. The decision depends on reconciliation, conversion, controls and the customer journey around the transaction.

Sanctions have isolated Iran’s banks, forcing its financial system into survival mode as citizens pay the price

Two Israelis face separate investigations into suspected cryptocurrency tax evasion involving millions of dollars, with authorities seizing digital wallets, foreign currency, and a luxury car.

The French arrests follow the US Treasury’s designation of a "member of Hamas’s military wing, along with two France-based individuals and two affiliated entities that provide financing to Hamas."

Joint investigation by Tax Authority and Lahav 433 leads to arrest of suspect in large-scale money laundering and tax offenses. He allegedly hid foreign accounts and used strawmen to disguise assets.

Combat Antisemitism Movement welcomes sanctions, saying disrupting Hamas financing is essential to American security and Jewish safety.

The report ⁠found that 84% of crypto wallets that have been sanctioned by the US transacted in USDT, such as to help ​the Iranian government move money across its borders and support ​its currency.

The US government has imposed sanctions on firms and individuals it says are helping Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East, intensifying its campaign to isolate Iran economically.

Bitcoin surged 10% this week to an eight-month high, signaling renewed risk-taking, but remains well below its $126,000 all-time high.