FBI Seizes $560K in Hamas-Linked Crypto and Takes Control of Fundraising Infrastructure

U.S. authorities have seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency tied to Hamas fundraising campaigns while taking control of websites and servers used to solicit donations and communicate with supporters.

The operation combined more than $560,000 in court-authorized crypto seizures with infrastructure actions spanning March 2025 through August 2026. Three cryptocurrency seizure warrants were executed in March, June and October 2025, followed by additional operations against online infrastructure in July and August this year.

FBI Traced Donations Across Wallets and Bridges

Hamas supporters were directed through encrypted communications to fundraising websites that supplied rotating cryptocurrency donation addresses for the Al-Qassam Brigades.

The first March 2025 action recovered approximately $200,000 in stablecoins. Investigators subsequently connected additional addresses through recurring transaction infrastructure, including a shared gas-funding wallet used across multiple addresses associated with the fundraising network.

Later transactions moved through new wallets, centralized exchanges and cross-chain bridges. The network also included an account believed to be connected to a Lebanon-based over-the-counter broker and another exhibiting activity consistent with a money mule.