Authorities say the scheme used cryptocurrency to bypass financial oversight in the Strait of Hormuz

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The U.S. has sanctioned a group of companies accused of running a Bitcoin-based marine insurance network that helped Iran-linked vessels navigate the Strait of Hormuz without the usual financial oversight. The move, announced this week, targets a new way of using cryptocurrency to keep sanctioned trade moving through one of the world's most important oil shipping lanes.

The alleged network

U.S. authorities say the companies provided marine insurance for ships operating in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Instead of going through conventional insurers, the network is said to have accepted Bitcoin for premiums and paid out claims in the same cryptocurrency. That let the vessels