Iran News

Mining policy, sanctions impact, and regulatory developments shaping Iran’s crypto landscape.

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Basket of Bitcoin-themed eggs on a rainy city sidewalk outside a closed financial building, reflecting markets paused for the weekend ahead of a key jobs report

Macro

Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report

Bitcoin acts as the only live market as key economic data lands during Easter shutdown while war stress continues.

5 days ago

Exchanges

Iranian crypto exchange Bit24 disputes claims of KYC data leak incident

Data breach incidents are quite common in the crypto sector due to some of the platform's lax security measures.

2 years ago

CBDCs

Iran to launch CBDC on Sept. 22

The digital currency — dubbed "Crypto-Rial" — will leverage blockchain technology to turn the Iranian Rial banknotes into cryptocurrency.

4 years ago

Regulation

Iran implements rules allowing businesses to use crypto for import trade transactions

Iran will allow any local business that imports goods to pay for their transactions via cryptocurrency in lieu of the dollar or euro.

4 years ago

Adoption

Iran pays for $10M import order with crypto, plans to make it ‘widespread’ by Q4

Iran is finalizing plans to allow a large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies for international settlement.

4 years ago

Regulation

Ethereum blasted as “trojan horse for tyranny” following MetaMask scandal

MetaMask shoots itself in the foot by blocking "certain jurisdictions," a dig deeper reveals the Ethereum ecosystem is in bed with JPMorgan.

4 years ago

DeFi

MetaMask blocks Ethereum transactions in several jurisdictions citing compliance issues

The wallet standing at the frontier of Web3 is not as decentralized as it wants you to believe.

4 years ago

Legal

Iran finalizes mechanism to use cryptocurrencies in foreign trade

Settling foreign trade payments with the CBI platform in cryptocurrency has just become easier for businesses in Iran.

4 years ago

Mining

30 Bitcoin miners receive licenses in Iran amidst BTC hashrate drop

Miners in Iran are being awarded licenses to jack up operations as the network’s ‘hashrate’ sees a hit.

5 years ago

Iranian hackers use cryptojacker to bypass sanctions, says report

Hacks 5 years ago

This country will now buy state-mined Bitcoin to fund imports

Adoption 5 years ago

Why crypto: Inflation “ravages” Iran’s rial, forcing creation of new currency

Adoption 6 years ago

What Bitcoin and Ethereum can teach GitHub following the Iranian user ban

Analysis 7 years ago

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Iran News

Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report

Iranian crypto exchange Bit24 disputes claims of KYC data leak incident

Iran to launch CBDC on Sept. 22

Iran implements rules allowing businesses to use crypto for import trade transactions

Iran pays for $10M import order with crypto, plans to make it ‘widespread’ by Q4

Ethereum blasted as “trojan horse for tyranny” following MetaMask scandal

MetaMask blocks Ethereum transactions in several jurisdictions citing compliance issues

Iran finalizes mechanism to use cryptocurrencies in foreign trade

30 Bitcoin miners receive licenses in Iran amidst BTC hashrate drop

Iranian hackers use cryptojacker to bypass sanctions, says report

This country will now buy state-mined Bitcoin to fund imports

Why crypto: Inflation “ravages” Iran’s rial, forcing creation of new currency

What Bitcoin and Ethereum can teach GitHub following the Iranian user ban