
Elliptic, that diligent sleuth of the blockchain, has traced the digital breadcrumbs to uncover a scheme as audacious as it is absurd. The CBI, it seems, has been playing a game of financial hopscotch, leaping from TRON to Ethereum, from Nobitex to decentralized exchanges, all in a bid to outwit the sanctions that have left the rial in a state of perpetual freefall. Imagine, if you will, a central bank moonlighting as a crypto trader, its virtual pockets stuffed with stablecoins, while the world looks on in bewildered amusement.