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Saturday, October 24, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Rebuking Netanyahu, Bank of Israel says crypto can’t be ‘route for bypassing sanctions’
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Illustrative: Logos of Bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies are displayed during the Token2049 conference at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on May 1, 2025. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
The Bank of Israel comes out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that cryptocurrencies “cannot be used as a route for bypassing sanctions.”
“The right thing for Israel’s economy is preserving the economic relationships with our principal trade partners and focusing on preventing sanctions and their negative influence on the economy,” the central bank says in a statement. “This issue is within the responsibilities of the political echelon and it would be fitting if it acts to advance it.”
More from today’s Liveblog:
- Eisenkot vows to thwart Netanyahu from ‘securing a tie,’ as Golan warns against defections
- French interior minister says nearly 1,000 arrested as cops face ‘extremely elevated level of violence’ from ‘ultra-left’ groups
- Netanyahu says he’ll consider BoI’s criticism of his crypto sanctions plan, but will do what he thinks best
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