The Southern District of New York filed on September 14 to take roughly $61 million in crypto from two China-based firms that used Binance trading accounts, under a standard of proof that stops at more likely than not.
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- Builder 15%
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- Operator 46%
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- Investor 39%
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- Evidence68
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives55
- Confidence65
Manhattan prosecutors are examining whether Binance knowingly allowed trading that breached US sanctions on Iran, and the compliance numbers the exchange offers in response cover four named venues and about $4 million of flow.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
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- Builder 5%
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- Operator 45%
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- Investor 50%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
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- Hype gap+40
- Incentives70
- Confidence60
Justice Department investigates whether Binance let Iran-linked trading run on its platform
Bloomberg Law and Reuters report that the Manhattan US attorney's office is among the agencies examining Iran-linked trading at Binance. The exchange recorded $11.4 trillion in volume in the first half of 2026.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption58
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives72
- Confidence55
Binance closed a $1.2bn account seven months after the trades prosecutors now want seized
A civil forfeiture filed on September 14 names Blessed Trust and Hexa Whale Trading, two Hong Kong entities whose Binance accounts ran about $1.69bn of volume while the exchange sat under a compliance monitor.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption
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- Hype gap+25
- Incentives60
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DOJ's $61M forfeiture puts a Binance payment-services partner in the Iran oil chain
Prosecutors say about $1.5 billion in Iranian oil proceeds moved through a set of interrelated wallets, and one of the two Hong Kong intermediaries had been a Binance business partner selling payment services.
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- Evidence32
- Adoption42
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives68
- Confidence38
SDNY's $61M Iran forfeiture covers about 4% of the oil flow it describes
A civil forfeiture complaint in Manhattan targets two Chinese firms and describes more than $1.5 billion in Iranian oil proceeds. Binance appears in it as a venue, and Richard Teng says the exchange is not accused.
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- Evidence55
- Adoption45
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives65
- Confidence45