律动BlockBeats|Mar 02, 2026 14:23
After the US military launched an attack, the outflow of funds from Iran's encrypted trading platform Nobitex surged by 700%
According to BlockBeats, on March 2nd, according to Elliptic data monitoring, within minutes of the first US Israeli airstrike, the outflow of funds from the Iranian cryptocurrency trading platform Nobitex surged by 700%.
Since January, with the Internet outage caused by new US sanctions and national demonstrations, similar capital outflows have continued to occur, reflecting that digital assets are becoming a channel for capital to bypass Iran's banking system.
It is reported that the Nobitex platform processed $7.2 billion in cryptocurrency transactions by 2025, has over 11 million users, is a key component of Iran's cryptocurrency ecosystem, and is linked to financial activities associated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps. In January, Elliptic also revealed that the Iranian central bank had used Nobitex to support the significantly devalued rial.
The surge in cryptocurrency outflows last Saturday may indicate capital flight. Nobitex allows the exchange of riyals for encrypted assets, which can then be withdrawn to any external wallet, allowing funds to bypass partial scrutiny of the global banking system and be withdrawn from Iran. Preliminary tracking of recent outflows shows that funds are being sent to overseas cryptocurrency trading platforms that have historically received large amounts of Iranian funds.
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