Kraken 是世界上最大的 目前正在接受联邦调查的加密货币交易所。该加密货币交易所因允许伊朗用户交易加密货币而被怀疑违反了美国的制裁。
这一涉嫌违规行为是通过与该公司有关联或了解调查情况的五名人员发现的。这项调查由美国财政部外国资产控制办公室进行。
目前这些调查正在进行中，旨在查明这些受制裁国家是否被允许买卖加密货币。财政部正计划对交易所处以罚款，但并未提出执法行动的时间表。
美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 在 2021 年对加密货币交易平台处以 125 万美元的罚款。 Kraken 是一家私人加密货币交易所，价值 110 亿美元，由首席执行官杰西鲍威尔于 2011 年共同创立。
自 2019 年以来，美国财政部外国资产控制办公室 (OAFC) 一直在对该公司进行调查。这也可能构成罚款。
这将使 Kraken 成为最大的加密货币公司之一，见证与美国制裁相关的执法行动，这些制裁于 1979 年实施，禁止向伊朗出口商品和服务。
不仅如此，财政部现在正在审查 Kraken 是否在叙利亚、古巴和伊朗的账户中进行过交易。
Kraken 的前雇员曾报告说，加密货币交易所一直在从上述国家的用户身上赚钱。
据推测，杰西鲍威尔还向公司 Slack 频道发布了一份电子表格，其中披露截至上个月，Kraken 在伊朗拥有 1,522 个账户，在叙利亚拥有 149 个账户，在古巴拥有 83 个账户。
据称，这些数据是从“已验证账户”的居住信息中提供的。
Kraken 尚未同意进一步置评，但表示，
密切监督对制裁法律的遵守情况，并在一般情况下向监管机构报告潜在问题。
财政部发言人还提到，该机构致力于执行“保护美国国家安全的制裁”，但除此之外没有透露任何信息。
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最近对加密货币交易所的审查激增。许多平台已确保主动阻止伊朗用户。例如，NFT 交易网站 OpenSea 在 2022 年的前几个月屏蔽了伊朗用户。
财政部此前还主动对加密公司处以罚款。 BitGo，也是一家面临罚款的交易所。除此之外，交易处理商 BitPay 也因涉嫌违反制裁而被罚款。最近，据报道，币安继续为 Irian 用户提供服务，尽管受到制裁并且公司被禁止在伊朗开展业务，但仍允许交易发生。
由于最近的加密货币市场低迷对这些数字资产交易所造成了损害，因此审查有所增加。 Voyager Digital 和 Celsius Network 也未能在市场上维持下去。
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