US senators call for action against cryptocurrency mining in Iran

🇺🇸 Senators Elizabeth Warren and Angus King have sent a request to the Joe Biden administration for details on combating Iran's evasion of cryptocurrency 🔨mining sanctions. They are concerned that since 2019, when Iran legalized mining, the country has earned 💵 millions of dollars that go towards financing terrorism and circumventing sanctions.

Warren and King note that 🇮🇷 Iran is one of the world's leading producers of bitcoins and uses the digital asset to 🧺 launder money, which threatens national security. They point ➡️ to the Binance exchange, which has processed $8 billion worth of Iranian crypto transactions over four years.

✔️ The senators are asking for information on mining revenues in Iran from 2021, the connection between digital assets and the Iranian government, and steps to address national security threats by May 16.