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U.S. prosecutors investigate Binance over possible Iran sanctions violations

First reported September 22, 2026 by CryptoBriefing · covered by 9 sources

In short

U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance allowed Iran-linked transactions that may have violated sanctions. The probe examines the exchange’s compliance controls and whether it knowingly permitted certain trades. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department’s criminal division are involved.

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Written by our news service from the 9 sources below, updated September 23, 2026.

Timeline
  1. Sep 22, 00:59 UTC · CryptoBriefing
    Federal prosecutors investigate Binance for potential Iran sanctions violations ↗
  2. Sep 22, 04:35 UTC · Crypto.news
    Binance faces U.S. probe over Iran sanctions ↗
  3. Sep 22, 09:00 UTC · AMBCrypto
    Binance faces DOJ probe over Iran sanctions after $61M forfeiture push ↗
  4. Sep 22, 09:47 UTC · Decrypt
    US Probes Whether Binance 'Knowingly' Let Iran-Linked Trades Through: Report ↗
  5. Sep 22, 10:07 UTC · CoinDesk
    Binance probed by U.S. federal prosecutors for sanctions violations: Bloomberg ↗
  6. Sep 22, 13:39 UTC · Protos
    Binance faces second probe over Iran-linked billions ↗
Tone of coverage

How the 9 sources covering this story frame each entity. One source, one vote.

Binance0 · 8 · 1
  • neutralCoinDesk — “Binance probed by U.S. federal prosecutors for sanctions violations” ↗
  • neutralDecrypt — “US Probes Whether Binance 'Knowingly' Let Iran-Linked Trades Through: Report” ↗
  • neutralTheNewsCrypto — “Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance ... violated U.S. sanctions on Iran” ↗
  • neutralCrypto.news — “Binance faces a U.S. federal probe over possible Iran sanctions violations” ↗
  • neutralCryptoPotato — “Federal prosecutors are investigating Binance over possible Iran sanctions violations.” ↗
  • neutralBitcoin Magazine — “Feds are trying to work out whether Binance violated US sanctions on Iran” ↗
  • criticalAMBCrypto — “Binance allegedly fired internal investigators that first found the Iranian illicit flows” ↗
  • neutralProtos — ““Binance faces second probe over Iran-linked billions”” ↗
  • neutralCryptoBriefing — “Federal prosecutors investigate Binance for potential Iran sanctions violations” ↗
DOJ0 · 1 · 0
  • neutralAMBCrypto — “DOJ probe over Iran sanctions” ↗
Bloomberg0 · 1 · 0
  • neutralCoinDesk — “Bloomberg” ↗

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