2020-6-3 00:00 |
An Iranian lawmaker wants his country’s central bank to take bitcoin seriously. origin »
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In a surprising move, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wants the government to further explore cryptocurrency mining. Rouhani told officials at the Central Bank of Iran that they needed to create a national strategy for cryptocurrency mining.
2020-5-23 09:15 | |
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According to a report by Iran-based news site ArzDigital, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has directed the national government to chalk a new strategy for cryptocurrency mining. Iranian President Calls for Clear Crypto Mining Strategy Earlier this week, Iran President Rouhani instructed the officials from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), energy department and information andRead MoreRead More.
2020-5-23 13:07 | |
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In a stunning video on Twitter, scenes of smoke and flames enveloping a building in Iran are shown as protestors cheer and watch on. The Iranian Central Bank in the city of Behbahan was set ablaze in a powerful show of public power.
2019-11-18 05:34 | |
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New, unprecedented economic sanctions have been imposed on Iran’s central bank after blame for a September 14 oil field attack was pinned on the nation by U. S. leaders. The sanctions blacklist the Iranian central bank and sovereign wealth fund, further severing the country’s already tenuous ties to the global market.
2019-9-22 11:38 | |
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According to regional reports, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is planning to allow licensed cryptocurrency mining as long as operations are charged for electricity based on the price of export. The CBI governor, Abdol Nasser Hemmati, explained that mined cryptocurrencies should flow back into the Iranian economy.
2019-7-13 00:10 | |
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Abdol Nasser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), announced yesterday that the government plans to authorise the mining of digital assets in the nation. However, those running computer systems to profit from their support of cryptocurrency networks will be charged for electricity at the country’s export price rather than the cheaper,.
2019-7-12 00:00 | |
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The deputy governor of the Iranian central bank told media outlets that trading bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within the country is illegal. Iranian residents took to the pioneer cryptocurrency as a means of securing their wealth as the Iranian Rial depreciated over the past three years, as reported by Tasnim News Agency on July 8, 2019.
2019-7-9 01:00 | |
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Holding, selling, and purchasing of bitcoin are illegal in Iran, an official with the central bank told Tasnim News. Deputy governor for new technologies, Mr. Nasser Hakimi, said on Monday that the Supreme Council on Countering Money Laundering had banned bitcoin trading.
2019-7-8 12:03 | |
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Power officials in Iran have seized 1,000 bitcoin mining machines in two abandoned factories turned into mining farms in the central province of Yazd, Iran. The officials claim the cryptocurrency mining equipment was seized because their operators illegally made use of government-subsidized electricity, according to a Tech2 report on June 28, 2019.
2019-6-29 01:00 | |
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Another country that faces a financial crisis due to the US sanctions issues its own national cryptocurrency. A group of Iranian banks presented a PayMon pegged to gold. Islamic revolution in digital Four Iranian banks (Bank Mellat, Bank Melli Iran, Bank Pasargad, and Parsian Bank) presented PayMon cryptocurrency, each coin of which is backed to gold reserves.
2019-2-8 17:22 | |
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Iranian Central Bank Will Consider Expert’s Opinion Before Regulating Cryptos The government of Iran is currently writing the drafts of its cryptocurrency regulatory framework and now the Central Bank of Iran has publicly affirmed that it is considering the opinions of experts in the industry before finalizing the draft. This is a very important moment […]
2019-1-29 21:32 | |
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A new draft report has come to light from the Central Bank of Iran. The report, titled, “Obligations and Rules Regarding Cryptocurrencies,” outlines new regulations for the use of cryptocurrency, which is surprisingly restrictive.
2019-1-29 17:37 | |
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The Iranian central bank has drafted a new report outlining cryptocurrency regulations in the country.
2019-1-29 03:10 | |
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The value of Iranian money has about halved in a year to 110,000 rials per U.S. dollar in informal foreign exchange local markets. That has led Iran’s central bank to propose a... The post Iran to Knock Off Four Zeros From Rial as Inflation Reaches 40% appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-1-8 16:42 | |
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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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No other jurisdiction has changed its stance on cryptocurrencies as quickly as Iran. From being excessively tough on digital coins and ordering banks not to deal with crypto related businesses in April, to creating the final drafts of its state-backed digital currency, the country has come a long way in the crypto world in a […] Iranian State-Backed Crypto Draft Ready, Awaits Central Bank’s Nod was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-8-29 14:20 | |
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The Iranian Financial Tribune reports today that it is likely that Iran will fully legalize cryptocurrency in the near future. In April of this year, the country’s central bank issued an outright ban on all cryptocurrency, followed by a censorship campaign launched against exchanges in July.
2018-8-2 09:23 | |
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The Iranian Financial Tribune reports today that it is likely that Iran will fully legalize cryptocurrency in the near future. In April of this year, the country’s central bank issued an outright ban on all cryptocurrency, followed by a censorship campaign launched against exchanges in July.
2018-8-2 21:46 | |
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While giving a statement about this latest initiative of Iranian cryptocurrency, Daliri also clarified that the central bank was working with “domestic knowledge-based companies” to develop the domestic digital currency.
2018-7-27 22:15 | |
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The head of Iran's Blockchain Association, Sepehr Mohammadi, recently claimed that the US government has confiscated over 500 BTC from Iranian citizens traveling into and out of the country. In April, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) banned banks and financial institutions in the country from dealing with cryptocurrencies. The CBI claimed that “All cryptocurrencies […]
2018-7-24 00:31 | |
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Authorities in Iran have reportedly seized roughly 1,000 bitcoin mining machines from abandoned factories.
U.S. regulator FinCEN is urging domestic exchanges to prevent Iran from using cryptocurrency to bypass economic sanctions.
The Iranian government has recognized bitcoin mining as a lawful activity, briefly sending bitcoin prices to record levels at the country's exchanges.