In a Reuters exclusive, Israeli authorities have revealed that, since 2021, they have seized 190 Binance accounts linked to designated terrorists.

The report also cited a document released by Israel’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing (NBCTF) on January 12 identified two Binance accounts linked to the Islamic State (ISIS). Hamas, the ruling party currently running the conflicted zone of Gaza, was another organization identified by the NBCTF to have received funds through Binance.

At the time of writing, however, no further information was provided on the precise amount of crypto seized (and which specific cryptocurrencies were involved) and how they were able to find out the accounts’ links to ISIS.

Last December 2022, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed a court ruling approving the Israeli government’s seizure of “any and all cryptocurrency assets from digital wallets that have funded terrorism”. This enables the Israeli government to confiscate all assets in a wallet, even those deemed not directly used to fund ‘terrorist activities.’ The NBCTF subsequently tagged three Gaza-based firms for their links to Hamas and shut down 80 Binance accounts linked to them.

The Reuters report also homes in on Binance itself. Binance has been facing a tough start for 2023, most notably its arm in the United States, a known close ally of Israel. The US

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