US EditionMillions of Dollars in Crypto Left Iranian Exchanges After Strikes ...
Crypto outflows from Iranian exchanges surged to $10.3 million after US-Israeli strikes, with hourly peaks near $2.9 million, reflecting stress-driven activity, analysts said.
- Saturday's strikes triggered crypto outflows totaling $10.3 million from Iranian exchanges, Reuters reported around 0615 GMT on Saturday.
- Amid rising geopolitical stress, Iranian retail investors use cryptocurrencies as a store of value and to move capital abroad amid inflation and U.S. scrutiny of Iran's crypto ecosystem.
- Chainalysis reported funds leaving Iranian exchanges jumped to more than $2 million in the hour after Saturday's strikes, with Nobitex peaking at $2 million between 1100 and 1200 GMT.
- Elliptic traced funds to overseas crypto exchanges, which Elliptic said 'potentially represents capital flight from Iran', while Chainalysis said, 'some of these flows are almost certainly ordinary Iranians moving funds in response to rising risk'.
- Transaction volumes linked to Iran reached between $8 billion and $10 billion in 2025, with Iranian wallets receiving a record $8 billion, reinforcing crypto's expanding role in a sanctions‑bound economy.
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