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Scott Bessent: “We have seized about $1 billion of their crypto and just…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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FULL REMARKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Speaks At Reagan National Economic Forum

Published | Video Starts at 23:09

And you jumped right in. And we, we jumped right in and, you know, they've been very good partners. We, I believe that We have seized about $1 billion of their crypto and just outright seized it. just outright grabbed the wallets. Some of the, Some of them may be like typing in right now and realize they might not realize that their wallet had been grabbed. (23:09–23:16)

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Asserts that approximately $1 billion of Iranian cryptocurrency has been seized.

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