Tag: Iran

While the Iranian central bank announced its intention to launch a CBDC, exact details are still scarce, writes Wahid Pessarlay on Cointelegraph. As payment methods continue to evolve, new innovations are improving financial infrastructures that have been in use for years. Currently, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a topic that has grabbed the attention…

Iran, for the second time this year, ordered a shutdown of authorized cryptocurrency mining centers as part of efforts to ease the strain on the country’s power plants and avoid blackouts, according to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, director of the state-run Iran Grid Management Co. and a spokesman for Iran’s power industry. This is part of…

The next wave of crypto adoption in the Middle East is likely to come from citizens in unstable countries facing crucial inflation like Iran and Lebanon. While some countries continue to restrict crypto trading and mining, digital transformation in the Middle East has proceeded at a rapid pace. Nimrod Lehavi, the founder of Simplex and…

Iran’s leadership now seems to have again decided to use cryptocurrencies to stabilize the country’s financial system. The first attempt was made in early 2019, but was unsuccessful. The Iranian parliamentary committee on economics has developed legislation titled “Supporting Cryptocurrency Mining and Regulation of Domestic Cryptocurrency Trade”. When it is adopted, the Central Bank of…

Iranian President has urged for a new standard in digital currency regulation following recent steps of the government in pursue to control the crypto sector. President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran required a legal framework for digital currency and related activities, which would protect the national interest while crypto mining remains illegal in the country….