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GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91| GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91|

North Korea

Sanctions Evasion and Crypto: The Policy Response to North Korea, Russia, and Iran

North Korea's $1.5B Bybit hack, Russia's post-invasion crypto use, and Iran's years-long crypto mining for sanctions evasion have produced a specific policy response — FATF tightening, OFAC designations, Tornado Cash sanctions — that defines the security dimension of crypto regulation.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 9 min read
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