U.S. Senator probes Binance over alleged ties to Iran and crypto-related content banned in the

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Binance is back in the hot seat in Washington. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal has officially

launched a probe into the exchange over allegations that $1.7 billion was transferred to Iran-linked entities, including Houthi militants.

The investigation follows bombshell reports that internal finance compliance staff were fired for flagging the suspicious transfers.

Finance is denying the claims with a spokesperson stating the exchange has strict K-YC procedures in place and has, quote,

zero Iranian users.

The probe comes just months after founder Changpeng Zao served prison time for similar anti-money laundering violations before being pardoned.

Finance says an internal report on the matter is being handed over to the Department

of Justice today.

Don't mention Bitcoin in OpenClaas Discord if you don't want to be banned.

Peter Steinberger, the developer behind the wildly popular open source AI agent framework,

has enforced a blanket no crypto rule for the community server.

The extreme measure stems from a nightmare

scenario in January where scammers hijacked Steinberger's old social handles and launched a fake

token on Solana. This scam pumped to a $16 million market cap before crashing 90%, leaving

Steinberger to deal with severe harassment from angry traders. While OpenClaught is now thriving under a new independent foundation,

the crypto ban remains a permanent scar from the ordeal.

And to the worst of Bitcoin's brutal, 50% drawdown might be behind us.

According to Glass No Data, the hash ribbon indicator is flashing a signal

that one of the longest Bitcoin minor capitulations on record

is nearing its end. Capitulation happens when mining costs exceed revenue, forcing miners

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