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Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. pose outside Nasdaq in Times Square in New York on August 13, 2025 as World Liberty Financial and ALT5 Sigma ring the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
May 18, 2026, 12:49 pm
How Trump and Iran use the same industry networks for their growing crypto empires
Data shows Iran’s crypto exchange has processed at least $2.3 billion on the same two blockchains that the Trump family used to prop up their fledgling World Liberty Financial
By Tom Wilson and Gavin Finch
A member of Iran's security forces stands guard on an armored vehicle plastered with the pictures of, from left, Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei and founding Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, during the funeral procession of Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in the regional war, on March 11, 2026. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
May 1, 2026, 9:36 pm
Iran’s largest crypto exchange enables IRGC to move millions despite sanctions
Brothers who founded Nobitex in 2018 hid ties to powerful family that has advised and married into Khamenei and Khomeini clans; firm denies receiving government support
By Gavin Finch, Allison Martell, Denise Ajiri, James Pearson and Elizabeth Howcroft
President Donald Trump walks from the Oval Office to the South Lawn to board Marine One at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 13, 2026, 4:09 pm
Trump family dealings may forever break taboo on US presidents profiting from office
Led by his sons, Trump’s many ventures have only grown in 2nd term, especially into Middle East, in stark change with past presidents, who avoided seeming to profit from their office
By Bernard Condon
Iranians visit an exhibition showcasing missiles and drones in Tehran on November 12, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 30, 2026, 7:56 pm
Drone purchases in Russia and Iran surge using crypto, report says
Pro-Russia groups raise more than $8.3 million in crypto donations since full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Iran’s IRGC linked to crypto wallet purchasing drone parts abroad
By Hannah Lang
An advertisement for Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed on a street in Hong Kong, on Feb. 17, 2022. (AP/Kin Cheung)
March 27, 2026, 11:06 am
Iranian regime, civilians turn to cryptocurrency for financial security amid war
While some citizens are switching to digital currencies to protect their assets, experts say the sheer amount of money being transferred indicates regime actors are following suit
By Lucie Lequier
Palestinians shop at a market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash9)
February 24, 2026, 1:16 am
Board of Peace said looking into ‘stablecoin’ to boost economy of postwar Gaza
Israeli tech entrepreneur spearheading project to set up a US dollar-pegged cryptocurrency for use in the enclave, where shekels have become scarce, FT reports
By ToI Staff
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the media in City Hall, New York City, December 15, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 16, 2026, 12:38 pm
Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ new cryptocurrency loses 75% of value within a day
Insiders say Adams’s former adviser Frank Carone and real estate investor Yosef Sefi Zvieli involved in NYC Token; some experts say rollout looked like ‘rug pull’
By Jake Offenhartz
Former NYC mayor Eric Adams announces the launch of a new cryptocurrency, "NYC Token," which he says will aid in the fight against antisemitism, January 12, 2026. (Screenshot via Fox 5 New York on YouTube)
January 13, 2026, 1:01 pm
Ex-NYC mayor Eric Adams launches cryptocurrency, says it will fight antisemitism
Profits made by ‘NYC Token’ will go to nonprofits battling hatred, Adams says; coin’s value spikes, then plummets, in first hour of trading, drawing suspicions of a ‘rug pull’ scam
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Women look at the window of a gold shop at a gold market in Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran, November 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
December 4, 2025, 9:52 am
As sanctions tighten, Iranians turn to gold as hedge against falling currency
Fearing disappearing savings as inflation skyrockets, many are stockpiling precious metals and crypto: ‘I need to be able to carry my assets with me if I have to leave’
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
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)
June 19, 2025, 8:46 pm
Hackers, reportedly linked to Israel, claim cyberattack on Iranian crypto exchange
Group known as Gonjeshke Darande says it seized $90 million worth of currency from company it accuses of evading Western sanctions on nuclear program
By AP and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli-founded online trading platform eToro lists on the Nasdaq exchange, May 14, 2025. (Wachiwit/hapabapa via iStock)
May 14, 2025, 7:16 pm
Israeli-founded eToro debuts on Nasdaq at $4.3 billion valuation in long-awaited IPO
The online trading firm, which lets retail users buy and sell stocks, commodities, cryptoassets, hopes to raise $620 million from much-anticipated Wall Street listing
By Sharon Wrobel
Alexander Mashinsky, founder and former chief executive of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, leaves Manhattan federal court with his legal team, July 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
May 9, 2025, 5:54 am
Founder of crypto platform Celsius Network sentenced to 12 years in prison
Assistant US attorney casts Alexander Mashinsky, who moved to Israel from Ukraine as a child and later relocated to US, as financial predator who ‘preyed on hope’ of his customers
By Larry Neumeister
Etoro logo (courtesy)
March 26, 2025, 2:09 pm
Israeli-founded eToro files for Nasdaq IPO as trading boom fuels commissions
The online trading platform, which lets retail users buy and sell stocks, commodities, cryptoassets, currencies, indices and other funds, was last valued at $3.5 billion
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The reactor building of Iran's nuclear power plant and electricity poles are seen, at Bushehr, Iran, 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2005. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
December 13, 2024, 1:03 pm
Amid rolling blackouts in Iran, some blame power-intensive cryptocurrency mining
Government won’t publicly connect bitcoin mining to energy problems, but cheap electricity, plus possible IRGC involvement to fund terror groups, makes country hotbed for crypto
By AP
David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
December 6, 2024, 12:37 pm
Trump names former PayPal COO David Sacks as White House ‘AI and crypto czar’
Jewish South African entrepreneur part of so-called ‘PayPal Mafia’ along with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel; Trump, originally a crypto critic, embraced virtual currency during campaign
By Reuters
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