OpenSea Deplatforms Iranian Users in Compliance with U.S. Sanctions: ‘I’ve Been Crying All Day’

The crypto has long been touted as a way to make business transactions outside the interference of international governments, but it became clear this week that the space has its limits this week. Over the past couple days, OpenSea, one of the main NFT marketplaces, has been deleting the accounts of users and collectors from Iran, a country that is currently under sanctions from the U.S., with no prior warning or explanation.
Iranian artist Arefeh Norouzii noticed her account had been deplatform