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ARTICLES BY PATRICIA KOWSMANN

The U.S. has unleashed more than 1,000 sanctions on Iran over the last 18 months. (Photo by AFP) / (AFP)

The US is ramping up economic warfare. Its enemies aren’t blinking.

6 min read . 21 Jun 2026

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (File Photo: KCNA VIA KNS /AFP / South Korea OUT/)

How an elusive banker allegedly kept North Korea’s dirty money flowing

8 min read . 25 Dec 2025

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting newly developed reconnaissance and intelligence gathering tools and an electronic attack system. (AFP)

How hackers stole billions in crypto to keep North Korea’s regime afloat

6 min read . 03 Apr 2025

A Filipino official walks inside a dormitory building at a compound in the town of Bamban, from which gangs ran scams. ( Lisa Marie David for WSJ)

How a young mayor turned her town into a hub for ‘pig butchering’ scammers

9 min read . 25 Dec 2024

UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel, in his signature bright red gilet, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland earlier this year. (Bloomberg)

The suave Italian banker who wants to be the Jamie Dimon of Europe

5 min read . 15 Sept 2024

Courtney Reum, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker, at practice. (LANK FC VILAVERDENSE)

The newest rookie in pro soccer is a 45-year-old finance bro

4 min read . 07 May 2024

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao arrives at court in Seattle for his sentencing. PHOTO: DEBORAH BLOOM/REUTERS

Founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto firm, sentenced to four months

5 min read . 01 May 2024

Nigerians flocked to cryptocurrencies in recent years to shelter their savings from a soaring inflation rate, which hit nearly 30% in January, and a plunging currency, one of the worst-performing in the world this year. (Photo: Bloomberg News)

Crypto gets blamed for a real-life currency crisis

6 min read . 12 Mar 2024

Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank. (Photo: WSJ)

The man who tamed the world’s most troubled bank

7 min read . 18 Feb 2024

Binance agreed to pay over $4 billion in fines and consented to have a government-approved monitor oversee the firm’s activities.

Binance Begins Again With U.S. Oversight. Will It Survive?

4 min read . 29 Nov 2023

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao faces a prison sentence as long as 18 months. PHOTO: JULIANA TAN FOR THE WALL STREET

Inside Binance’s Guilty Plea and the Biggest Fine in Crypto History

8 min read . 23 Nov 2023

Under threat of enforcement actions by U.S. agencies, Binance’s empire is quaking.

The World’s Biggest Crypto Firm Is Melting Down

4 min read . 26 Sept 2023

Binance USD has grown to become the third-largest stablecoin by market cap (Photo: Bloomberg)

Regulator orders crypto firm Paxos to stop issuing Binance stablecoin

2 min read . 13 Feb 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda had no outside investors and didn’t disclose its performance (AP)

Troubles at Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda began well before crypto crash

10 min read . 01 Jan 2023

Crypto giant Binance offers little transparency after FTX collapse

5 min read . 21 Dec 2022

The digital currency is FTT, which was created by FTX. (Photo: Reuters)

FTX’s digital coin was at heart of crypto exchange’s fall

4 min read . 14 Nov 2022

BNB (BNB) is the native token of the Binance exchange, one of the world's largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges.

Binance walks away from deal to rescue FTX

6 min read . 10 Nov 2022

Deutsche Bank faces threat of fines over money-laundering controls

1 min read . 07 Nov 2022

JPMorgan’s Frankfurt offices searched in tax case

1 min read . 31 Aug 2022