2018-12-22 02:42 |
A bill in the House of Representatives calls to impose further sanctions on Iranian financial institutions and its national digital currency
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2018-12-22 02:42 |
A bill in the House of Representatives calls to impose further sanctions on Iranian financial institutions and its national digital currency
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Iranian people turn to Bitcoin mining due to economic difficulties caused by U.S. sanctions and still manage to profit in the current market slump thanks to low power costs
2018-12-20 19:02 | |
Before cryptocurrencies started to be widely used for speculation, they were first of all meant to be an unstoppable method for people to control their own money. A new example that this is still a needed use case comes from the U.
2018-12-17 13:55 | |
An Iranian Bitcoin trader called Mohammad Ghorbaniyan says that the government of the United States accused him of something that he did not do. According to the U. S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the man would belong in a sanctions list that cut him out of all the American financial system. […]
2018-12-5 08:51 | |
An Iranian bitcoin wallet holder added to the U.S. sanctions list last week says he was unaware coins he received were tied to ransomware.
2018-12-4 15:00 | |
Latest Bitcoin News In a laughable move, the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued “sanctions” against two Bitcoin addresses–149w62rY42aZBox8fGcmqNsXUzSStKeq8C and 1AjZPMsnmpdK2Rv9KQNfMurTXinscVro9V—belong to two Iranians–Ali Khorashadizadeh and Mohammad Ghorbaniyan, accused on assisting hackers launder their Bitcoin proceeds.
2018-11-30 10:15 | |
New sanctions from the US government are driving Iranian bitcoin users to pursue more secure and private wallet solutions.
2018-11-30 20:35 | |
The United States government has announced sanctions on two bitcoin addresses which they claim belong to two Iranians who, the government says, assisted in exchanging bitcoin ransom payments into Iranian fiat.
2018-11-29 16:36 | |
The U. S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against two Iranian ransomware “facilitators. ” The actions include publishing the perp’s cryptocurrency wallet addresses, and warning the cryptocurrency and financial communities that anyone transacting with the accused could be subject to secondary sanctions.
2018-11-29 08:00 | |
The U. S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against two Iranian ransomware “facilitators. ” The actions include publishing the perp’s cryptocurrency wallet addresses, and warning the cryptocurrency and financial communities that anyone transacting with the accused could be subject to secondary sanctions.
2018-11-29 08:00 | |
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 | |
For the first time ever, the U. S. Treasury Department announced that they have sanctioned two Bitcoin wallet addresses connected to a ransomware scheme associated with two Iranian men. Bitcoin Wallets Sanctioned in Unprecedented Case As first today, the U.
2018-11-29 21:30 | |
In response to US Sanctions against Iran, Malta-based crypto platform Binance has advised its Iranian users to remove their investments from the crypto exchange.
2018-11-16 21:11 | |
Crypto exchange Binance is advising its remaining users in Iran to withdraw their money as the cryptocurrency exchange seeks to comply with international sanctions. “If you have an account with Binance and fall into that (sanctions) category, please withdraw your assets from Binance as soon as possible,” – reads an email received in recent days […]
2018-11-17 16:02 | |
Binance is advising its remaining users in Iran to withdraw their money as the cryptocurrency exchange seeks to comply with international sanctions.
2018-11-16 00:00 | |
The Society For Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has begun blocking access to international transfers for Iranian member banks as new US sanctions take effect. SWIFT: Block Is ‘Regrettable’ As Reuters originally reported, November 10 marks the first day of action which will see financial institutions cut off from SWIFT, which facilitates cross-border payment instructions to more than 200 countries.
2018-11-13 00:00 | |
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory report on Oct. 11 to US financial institutions warning them about Iran’s activities to “exploit the financial system” and evade US sanctions using cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-15 19:04 | |
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has warned U. S financial institutions that the Iranian government might be dodging economic sanctions by using cryptocurrencies. The document highlights challenges arising from peer-to-peer virtual currency exchanges and encourages banks to monitor blockchain ledgers for transactions tied to the country.
2018-10-15 15:35 | |
Recently, Iran have announced that they will start to recognise cryptocurrency mining as an industry. This comes after an increased pressure on the country by the United States changing the economic sanctions.
2018-9-5 18:00 | |
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 | |
Iranian hackers are currently responsible for a series of ransomware attacks. These attacks tend to render a computer system unusable until a certain number of bitcoins are paid, As reported by the Wall Street Journal on August 7, 2018.
2018-8-9 11:26 | |
Hackers in Iran are reportedly developing elaborate illegal means of obtaining cryptocurrency. This move comes as the country’s economy continues its downward spiral amidst the impending renewal of sanctions from the United States.
2018-8-9 23:46 | |
With its economy already in shambles and with harsh sanctions from the United States looming, Iran has been increasingly turning to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to make transactions. Of course hackers from the country are also in on this cryptocurrency gold rush.
2018-8-9 21:42 | |
The recent hustle-bustle between Iran and the United States of America seems to have taken a new turn. The Iranian government is all set to develop its own cryptocurrency in order to escape from the United States sanctions, as reported by a local newspaper.
2018-7-29 11:53 | |
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 | |
Iran might soon take a page out of Venezuela’s playbook by launching its own state-issued cryptocurrency. The move is occasioned by the fact that the country is set to come under renewed economic sanctions from the United States.
2018-7-27 11:00 | |
The government of Iran is preparing to launch its own cryptocurrency, according to state-controlled media reports. The intended purpose of the new Iranian govcoin is to help the country skirt the international financial sanctions meant to cut its access to the global economy.
2018-7-27 04:45 | |
The United States government has confiscated 500 Bitcoin from Iranian holder assets — estimated at USD 5. 77 million in purchase value. The exact reason for the confiscation is unclear, though some speculate it has to do with Iranian bitcoin holders evading imposed U.
2018-7-25 17:31 | |
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 | |
Iranian Hotels Will Take Cryptocurrency As Payment Method Due To U. S Sanctions In a Twitter post made by Co-Founder of Hong Kong Bitcoin Association (HKBA), Leo Weese, it has been noted that an Iran hotel booking agency will now be accepting cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-24 09:40 | |
HotelsInIran. com (“Hotels in Iran”), a major Iranian hotel booking platform, began accepting payments in cryptocurrency subsequent to the imposition of additional sanctions by the U. S.
2018-7-23 14:00 | |
Iranian lawmakers are exploring the opportunities provided by cryptocurrencies to avoid the new US sanctions.
2018-7-18 16:20 | |
Economy & Regulation Iran may employ cryptocurrencies as part of its efforts to circumvent the upcoming US sanctions, according to a high-ranking Iranian lawmaker who said the matter will be discussed in parliament soon.
2018-7-17 09:36 | |
Iran may employ cryptocurrencies as part of its efforts to circumvent the upcoming US sanctions, according to a high-ranking Iranian lawmaker who said the matter will be discussed in parliament soon.
2018-7-17 06:55 | |
The government in Iran has gagged bitcoin exchanges across the country, claim bitcoin users and alternate coin community of the Islamic state. The government has been censoring its citizens from engaging in crypto-economy, to apparently counter the fresh round of economic sanctions that the US government is looking to impose later in August this year.
2018-7-5 21:31 | |
Several Iranians exclusively told CoinDesk they are having trouble accessing crypto exchanges like Binance, Blockchain and LocalBitcoins, even with virtual private networks (VPNs) and other workarounds that were already commonplace because of international sanctions.
2018-7-4 09:51 | |