Inside Iran’s $7.8B Crypto Shadow Economy Under U.S. Scrutiny
I spent the last few weeks parsing on-chain data flowing in and out of the Middle East, and the numbers are staggering. Iran is quietly operating a $7.78 billion cryptocurrency shadow economy to sidestep crippling international sanctions. As geopolitical tensions boil over, my analysis reveals a fractured ecosystem where state military apparatuses and desperate retail … Read more