The U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by ransomware

The U.S. Treasury has designated Nobitex and several executives for facilitating sanctions evasion and IRGC-linked transactions— including wallets tied to ransomware actors—while also targeting other Iranian exchanges; Chainalysis data cited large crypto inflows to Iran and a separate claimed breach by the 'Predatory Sparrow' group that reportedly stole ~$90M.