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Date: May 22, 2026
John Lothian: Iran Moved Billions Through Binance to Fund Regime—Continuing Into This Month; China cracks down on illegal cross-border securities trading
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff A major investigative report by Angus Berwick, Patricia Kowsmann, and Ben Foldy published May 21, 2026, in The Wall Street Journal revealed that billions of dollars in cryptocurrency transactions flowed through Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, to networks financing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […]
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