Bolsa vinculada ao Hamas com sanções do Tesouro dos EUA
- O Tesouro dos EUA afirma que o Hamas depende de criptomoedas para financiamento.
- Dados da Chainalysis revelaram que o Hamas recebeu centenas de milhares de dólares em doações criptográficas desde 2019.
- Os legisladores dos EUA pediram clareza ao governo Biden sobre como planeja combater as fraudes criptográficas.
O Escritório de Controle de Ativos Estrangeiros (OFAC) do Tesouro dos EUA, na quarta-feira, 18 de outubro, anunciado sanctions on financial service providers providing aid to Hamas amidst its ongoing crisis with Israel. OFAC said it had added a “virtual currency exchange and its operator based in Gaza” that had a Bitcoin wallet address to its list of sanctioned entities.
The company, identified as Buy Cash Money, is a Gaza-based digital exchange that is operated by Gaza resident Khan Yunis. OFAC said Buy Cash and Yunis had ties to Hamas. Interestingly, Israel’s National Bureau for Counter-Terrorist Finance froze one of Buy Cash’s Bitcoin wallets in June 2021 for alleged ties to Hamas’s funding campaign.
Sanctions have been a common tactic employed by the US Treasury to reduce financial support for organizations suspected of being involved in terrorism or other illegal activity. The Treasury explained in its announcement that “Buy Cash has also been used to transfer funds by affiliates in other terrorist groups.” The department noted that Buy Cash received $2,000 in BTC to its wallet from a Türkiye-based money operator and an al-Qa’ida affiliate in September 2019.
Reagindo à notícia, a secretária do Tesouro, Janet Yellen, disse em comunicado:
Continuaremos a tomar todas as medidas necessárias para negar aos terroristas do Hamas a capacidade de angariar e utilizar fundos para cometer atrocidades e aterrorizar o povo de Israel. Isso inclui a imposição de sanções e a coordenação com aliados e parceiros para rastrear, congelar e apreender quaisquer bens relacionados com o Hamas nas suas jurisdições.
In addition to Buy Cash and its founder, OFAC named two top Hamas officials and six others connected to Hamas’s investment portfolio in its sanctions list. Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month and Western authorities have worked to limit their access to resources.
As autoridades israelitas recentemente colaborou com a bolsa de criptomoedas Binance alguns dias após os ataques para bloquear contas conectadas ao Hamas na bolsa. No início desta semana, o emissor de stablecoin, Tether, anunciou que congelou endereços criptográficos ligados ao terrorismo em Israel e na Ucrânia.
Cobri algumas histórias interessantes em minha carreira como jornalista e acho as histórias relacionadas ao blockchain muito intrigantes. Acredito que a Web3 vai mudar o mundo e quero que todos façam parte dele.
