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2020-1-4 12:50 |
#Bitcoin premium soars in Iranian rials as U.S.-Iran tensions reach a boiling point
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As recently reported by news media, Iran’s new plan of developing a national cryptocurrency called the ‘Crypto-Rial’, has given the country a change of heart concerning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
2019-1-29 18:55 | |
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For the first time, the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has traced illicit bitcoin activity to the public addresses of two sanctioned individuals.
2018-11-29 21:41 | |
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In response to a number of economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States, the country had announced that it would be considering the production of a native cryptocurrency, designed to help Iranian banks avoid the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.
2018-8-30 23:00 | |
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The United States government has confiscated 500 Bitcoin from Iranian holder assets — estimated at USD 5. 77 million in purchase value. Recently, ibena reported that the U. S. Federal Government had confiscated 500 BTC belonging to Iranians — valued at 25 billion rials at the time of purchase.
2018-7-25 14:00 | |
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