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Iranian President Calls for Launching a Cryptocurrency Mining Strategy

23.5.2020
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for a mining strategy throughout the oil-rich nation. The latest statements from the Iranian President follows Iran’s moves to restrict specific crypto trading platforms over “currency smuggling” mandates. On May 20, 2020, Iran’s...

Blockchain Bites: Iran and Russia Revisit Crypto Regulations, Bitcoin Pizza Day 10 Years Later

22.5.2020
Ten years ago today someone spent 10,000 bitcoin on about $30 worth of pizza. Today, nations are redrafting crypto regulation and crypto firms report millions in revenues

Iran’s President Asks Gov’t to Plan National Crypto Mining Strategy

22.5.2020
Iran’s president has tasked officials at the central bank and ministries of energy, communications and IT with drafting plans for a national cryptocurrency mining strategy

Iranian President Calls for National Crypto Mining Strategy

21.5.2020
Iran's President has ordered officials to develop a new approach to cryptocurrency mining

Iran Moves to Restrict Crypto Exchanges Under ‘Currency Smuggling’ Laws

19.5.2020
Legislation proposed this week would make it increasingly difficult, and risky, for cryptocurrency exchanges to sell bitcoin in Iran

Iran Ditches Rial in Hyperinflation Crisis — Bitcoin Demand Rises

10.5.2020
Iran is set to redenominate its fiat currency, removing four zeros to create a new fiat called toman as demand for crypto is surging

Iran to Cut 4 Zeros From Its Currency Amid Chronic Inflation and US Sanctions

7.5.2020
Iranian lawmakers have reportedly approved a plan to slash four zeros from the national currency, the rial, which has been falling sharply in value amid chronic inflation and the U.S. sanctions. The official currency will also be replaced. Economists are skeptical about how the changes will affect...

3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet

7.5.2020
On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea, and Iran’s use of digital currencies like bitcoin. The company’s research papers discuss the Poland-based crypto Ponzi called Futurenet, a hosting...

Chainalysis’ Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs Cast Spotlight on North Korea and Iran

5.5.2020
New York-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has launched a new initiative to shed more light on the scope of its latest crypto crime analyses

Iran Issues License for Nation’s Biggest Bitcoin Mining Operation

5.5.2020
A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines

Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions

5.5.2020
Iran has issued a bitcoin mining license to Iminer, a Turkish-based company. Iminer will operate up to 6,000 rigs, with a computing power of 96,000 terahash per second (TH/s) in total. According to media reports, the miner has spent $7.3 million setting up the mining facility, located...

Iran Ditches the Rial Amid Hyperinflation as LocalBitcoins Seem to Trade Near $35K

4.5.2020
Iran’s parliament votes to institute a new currency as coronavirus and sanctions hyperinflate the rial and local Bitcoin prices skyrocket relative to official exchanges

Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East

4.5.2020
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications

Iranian Authorizes Issue License for 6000-Rig Crypto Farm

4.5.2020
Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade issued a license to Turkey-based company iMiner for operating in the province of Semnan

Petro-Dollar System Crumbles: US Dollar Could Collapse from the World’s Oil Wars

22.4.2020
During the last few days, people witnessed history when the price of crude oil dropped below zero to -$40 per barrel, and as time passes many analysts think the worst is yet to come. After West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil-based contracts dried up for May, contracts for June collapsed by 45%....