NEW YORK, May 6, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - The Unite States announced sanctions Friday

on virtual currency mixer Blender.io, saying the service was used by a North
Korean cyber hacking group to support weapons programs, the Treasury
Department said.

The Treasury Department said the case marks the first US sanctions on a
virtual currency "mixer," which is used to conceal participants in
transactions involving Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.