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Angus Berwick

ARTICLES BY ANGUS BERWICK

As tensions rise between Iran and the U.S., a significant discovery reveals how a key financier, Babak Zanjani, leveraged Binance to funnel $850 million to Iran's military forces. (REUTERS)

Iran moved billions through Binance to fund regime—continuing into this month

14 min read . 22 May 2026

President Trump with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, shaking hands, and Asim Munir, the country’s army chief, at the White House in September.

How Pakistan wooed Trump and styled itself as a peace broker in Iran conflict

5 min read . 29 Mar 2026

Clockwise from right: Eric Trump, Zach Witkoff, Brandon Lutnick, Barron Trump and Donald Trump Jr. (Jeremy Leung/WSJ)

One generation runs the country. The next cashed in on crypto

17 min read . 08 Feb 2026

WLFI is likely now the Trumps’ most valuable asset, exceeding their decades-old property portfolio. (Getty Images via AFP)

Trump family amasses $6 billion fortune after crypto launch

4 min read . 02 Sept 2025

PancakeSwap is an online marketplace for cryptocurrencies. (Illustration: WSJ)

The recipe behind the Trump family’s crypto riches: PancakeSwap

7 min read . 13 Aug 2025

Iranians faced restrictions on internet access this month as their government sought to prevent cyberattacks. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (AFP)

How Israel-aligned hackers hobbled Iran’s financial system

5 min read . 29 Jun 2025

(Illustration: Alexandra Citrin-Safadi/WSJ)

Severed fingers and ‘wrench attacks’ rattle the crypto elite

10 min read . 18 May 2025

The Kill-or-Be-Killed Fight for Crypto’s Future

The kill-or-be-killed fight for crypto’s future

14 min read . 04 Mar 2025

Illustration: Rachel Mendelson/WSJ, iStock

Authorities target Russian criminal gangs who used crypto to move cash

2 min read . 05 Dec 2024

Tether, a cryptocurrency, has grown into an important cog in the global financial system, with as much as $190 billion changing hands daily. (Reuters)

The shadow dollar that’s fueling the financial underworld

9 min read . 10 Sept 2024

FILE PHOTO: Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov. February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo (REUTERS)

How Telegram became criminals’ favorite marketplace

6 min read . 08 Sept 2024

Sam Altman set up Worldcoin as a means to distribute funds to people whose livelihoods are disrupted by AI. Photo: Clara Mokri for WSJ

Sam Altman is battling with governments over your eyes

8 min read . 19 Aug 2024

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian citizens released in a major prisoner swap with the West, disembark from a plane at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on August 1, 2024. (Photo: POOL/AFP)

Two Russians who didn’t make it into the prisoner swap face uncertain future

4 min read . 07 Aug 2024

The 14-karat watch belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, who stayed aboard the Titanic after placing his wife in a lifeboat. (HENRY ALDRIDGE & SON)

FTX survivor pays $1.5 million for gold watch recovered from Titanic

3 min read . 30 Apr 2024

Shipping containers at the Port of Nansha in Guangzhou, China. PHOTO: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Crypto fuels Russian shadow trade for weapons parts

9 min read . 01 Apr 2024

Yi He co-founded Binance with Changpeng Zhao and has been his chief lieutenant in running the exchange. Zhao is no longer in charge after he pleaded guilty to violating anti-money-laundering laws

The Crypto Queen Pulling the Strings at Binance

8 min read . 24 Dec 2023

Posters near the Lebanese-Israeli border showing Lebanon’s parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri, in a tie, and Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Militants Behind Israel Attack Raised Millions in Crypto

5 min read . 10 Oct 2023

Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, was sued by the US regulator for wilful evasion (REUTERS)

US regulator sues top crypto exchange Binance, CEO for 'willful evasion'

4 min read . 28 Mar 2023

US regulator sues top crypto exchange Binance, CEO for 'willful evasion'

4 min read . 28 Mar 2023

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was among Bitzlato's top three counterparties by the amount of bitcoin received between May 2018 and September 2022, the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said

Binance moved $346 million for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato, data show

4 min read . 24 Jan 2023