Hamas military wing told donors to avoid Binance and use other services, DOJ filing shows

# Hamas military wing told donors to avoid Binance and use other services, DOJ filing shows

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent report based on a U.S. Department of Justice court filing
> Source: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/16/hamas-military-wing-told-donors-to-avoid-binance-use-bybit-okx-and-others-instead)
> Published: 2026-09-16
> Captured: 2026-09-17T01:38:53.227Z

## Source summary

CoinDesk reports that a letter included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing instructed prospective donors to avoid sending funds directly from Binance and instead use Trust Wallet, Bybit, OKX, Kast or RedotPay before moving funds to an external TRON address, with USDT on TRC-20 preferred. The report says Binance, OKX and Kast described compliance controls or cooperation with authorities. Inclusion in the letter does not establish weak controls or wrongdoing by any named provider.

## Why it matters

The filing illustrates how stablecoins, wallets and exchange accounts can be chained in illicit cross-border fund flows, creating screening, attribution and information-sharing challenges. It does not quantify the value successfully transferred through the described route or prove that named platforms facilitated prohibited activity. CoinDesk also notes that traditional finance remains the preferred channel for most terrorist financing, so the case should not be generalized into a market-wide claim.

## Key numbers

- **Preferred stablecoin route named in the filing:** USDT on TRC-20

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: U.S. Department of Justice / Hamas military wing
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments
- Payment infrastructure

## Evidence and credibility note

Readable CoinDesk report based on a DOJ court filing. The routing instruction is attributed to a letter in the filing; it neither quantifies completed transfers nor establishes control failures or misconduct by the named services.

Date evidence: CoinDesk JSON-LD records 2026-09-16T15:25:41.212Z and the readable article is dated September 16, 2026

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original CoinDesk report](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/16/hamas-military-wing-told-donors-to-avoid-binance-use-bybit-okx-and-others-instead)

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