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Welcome to the TechBrew Ride Home for Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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The journal says that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Iran's use of

finance to evade sanctions focusing on money flowing to networks backing terror groups

like Yemen's Houthis. Quote, the probe follows the crypto exchanges dismantling of an

internal investigation into more than $1 billion that flowed through the platform to a network

funding Iran-backed terror groups, according to company documents and people familiar with the matter.

Officials have contacted people with knowledge of the Iranian transactions to seek interviews

and gather evidence, some of the people said. The Wall Street Journal couldn't determine whether

the Justice Department is investigating Binance itself for potential misconduct or solely the

customers on its platform. The inquiry puts the world's largest crypto exchange

back in the legal spotlight after its founder, Changpeng Xiao, known as CZ, received a pardon from

President Trump in October. Binance pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating U.S. anti-money laundering

and sanctions laws paying $4.3 billion in fines and agreeing to operate under U.S.

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