The United States has frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency allegedly belonging to the Iranian regime, marking the largest on-chain seizure of Iranian sovereign reserves in history. Announced on April 24, 2026, the action is the centerpiece of "Operation Economic Fury," a ramped-up sanctions campaign directed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The freeze was made possible through a high-stakes collaboration between the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and

Google-parent Alphabet has announced a landmark plan to invest up to $40 billion in AI startup Anthropic, signaling an aggressive move to secure its lead in the generative AI landscape and challenging the dominance of the Microsoft-OpenAI alliance. The deal, confirmed on April 24, 2026, involves an immediate $10 billion cash injection at a pre-money valuation of $350 billion. The remaining $30 billion is structured as milestone- based funding, contingent on Anthropic hitting