{"id":78376,"date":"2026-03-31T03:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78376"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:46:32","slug":"iran-russia-using-crypto-to-buy-military-drones-report-reveals-e-commerce-platforms-used-to-sell-equipment-to-opaque-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78376","title":{"rendered":"Iran, Russia Using Crypto To Buy Military Drones? Report Reveals E-Commerce Platforms Used To Sell Equipment To &#8216;Opaque&#8217; Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>State and non-state actors linked to Russia and Iran are increasingly using cryptocurrency to acquire low-cost, commercially available drones for ongoing conflicts, a new report published on Monday said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blockchains Powering Drone Warfare?<\/h2>\n<p>Sanctioned entities, including Iran\u2019s defense sector and aligned proxies, are turning to cryptocurrency to procure drone components restricted by export controls, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/cryptocurrency-drones-research\/\">study <\/a>by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Shahed drone program, widely deployed in the ongoing conflict with the U.S. and Israel, relies \u201cheavily\u201d on\u00a0components sourced through third-country procurement\u00a0networks, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency facilitates procurement in two ways, according to Chainalysis. The first is direct, where a drone manufacturer accepts cryptocurrency as a payment method. The second is indirect, where\u00a0vendors selling through third-party e-commerce\u00a0platforms, such as <strong>Alibaba Group Holding Limited<\/strong>\u00a0<a data-google-interstitial=\"false\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-pan-x: ; --tw-pan-y: ; --tw-pinch-zoom: ; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-gradient-from-position: ; --tw-gradient-via-position: ; --tw-gradient-to-position: ; --tw-ordinal: ; --tw-slashed-zero: ; --tw-numeric-figure: ; --tw-numeric-spacing: ; --tw-numeric-fraction: ; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: #3b82f680; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: ...&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51557991\/iran-russia-crypto-drone-purchases-ecommerce-opaque-identities-report?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel alt=Iran, Russia Using Crypto To Buy Military Drones? Report Reveals E-Commerce Platforms Used To Sell Equipment To 'Opaque' Identities&gt;Full story available on Benzinga.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State and non-state actors linked to Russia and Iran are increasingly using cryptocurrency to acquire low-cost, commercially available drones for ongoing conflicts, a new report published on Monday said. Blockchains Powering Drone Warfare? Sanctioned entities, including Iran\u2019s defense sector and aligned proxies, are turning to cryptocurrency to procure drone components restricted by export controls, according [&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-78376","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\/78376","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=78376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}