{"id":68067,"date":"2026-01-16T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68067"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:01:49","slug":"a-look-behind-the-curtains-of-irans-7-8-billion-crypto-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68067","title":{"rendered":"A Look Behind The Curtains Of Iran&#8217;s $7.8 Billion Crypto Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s crypto ecosystem hit $7.8 billion in 2025, split between state-controlled military networks and civilians fleeing a currency that\u2019s lost 90% of its value since 2018, according to Chainalysis research.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IRGC Controls Half Of Iran\u2019s Crypto Activity<\/h3>\n<p>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/iranian-crypto-activity-geopolitical-tensions-2026\/\">accounted<\/a> for over 50% of Iran\u2019s total crypto value received in Q4 2025, up from $2 billion in 2024 to $3 billion in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Chainalysis tracked addresses linked to IRGC operatives, sanctions-evading networks, and facilitators moving illicit oil and arms across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The firm said the real figure is likely higher since the data only includes wallets publicly identified by U.S. Treasury and Israeli authorities, excluding shell companies and unidentified intermediaries.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civilians Withdrew Bitcoin During Protests And Internet &#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49968292\/a-look-behind-the-curtains-of-irans-7-8-billion-crypto-economy?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"A\" look behind the curtains of iran billion crypto economy>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s crypto ecosystem hit $7.8 billion in 2025, split between state-controlled military networks and civilians fleeing a currency that\u2019s lost 90% of its value since 2018, according to Chainalysis research. IRGC Controls Half Of Iran\u2019s Crypto Activity The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accounted for over 50% of Iran\u2019s total crypto value received in Q4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-68067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}