Tether froze USDT balances on 131 Tron wallets on 1 Jul, hours after the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added 134 crypto addresses linked to Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.
US Treasury Sanctions 134 ISIS-K Wallets, Tether Freezes 131 on Tron
3 July 2026 - 08:28 CEST
By Oihyun Kim
Three Monero addresses on the list were left untouched, as the privacy coin has no issuer capable of blocking balances, underscoring the technical ceiling on sanctions enforcement over privacy networks.
USDT frozen, Monero untouched
According to a Chainalysis report, the 131 Tron addresses received more than $1.4mn in crypto donations since 2023 and sent out over $880k.
ISIS-K's media arm, al-Azaim Media Foundation, has solicited donations via Tron, Monero and Bitcoin through websites and messaging platforms, and some designated wallets sent funds to Syria-based crypto exchangers.
June facilitator round
ISIS-K, the Islamic State's affiliate in Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of Central Asia, has been a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity since September 2015.
The 1 Jul action follows a 22 Jun OFAC round that sanctioned three individuals and six entities in Europe, the Middle East and West Africa, including Syria-based crypto exchange Bitcoin Xchange and three Nigeria-based fiat bureaux de change. "ISIS continues to seek new methods and tools to finance terrorist attacks," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the June statement.
Separately on 1 Jul, OFAC designated two Brazilian nationals and four companies linked to Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), a Brazilian criminal organization, for laundering more than $30mn in illicit proceeds generated in the US via crypto.
