India, May 30 -- US-Israel-Iran War Tensions LIVE: The United States has escalated its financial pressure on Tehran, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claiming that Washington has seized nearly $1 billion worth of Iranian cryptocurrency assets. Describing the move in unusually blunt terms, Bessent said US authorities had "outright grabbed the wallets," marking one of the most aggressive digital asset crackdowns in recent years.

"Wallets Were Just Taken" US Confirms Crypto Seizures

Speaking on Fox Business, Bessent confirmed that the total includes multiple operations, not a single strike and this includes a $344 million freeze in USDT on the Tron blockchain in April 2026, followed by additional seizures pushing the total close to $1...