Cryptocurrencies in Iran
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June 06,2023Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) announced new restrictions on supplying electricity to cryptomining centers for three months. In a letter to the miners,... -
May 17,2023Iran Center for Development of E-Commerce, a regulatory body affiliated to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, has announced a new mechanism allowing cryptocurrency exchanges obtain online...
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April 30,2023Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) says the country will soon start using cryptocurrency to pay for imports. Alireza Peymanpak, the TPO chief, said that the Central Bank of Iran has issued...
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April 23,2023Cryptocurrency business leaders discussed the challenges and roadblock’s they face with President Ebrahim Raisi in a meeting last week. The meeting was held to discuss the views and concerns of...
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March 16,2023Iran’s Energy Ministry has required owners of cryptomining hardware to register data related to themselves as well as the location of their devices in the Comprehensive Trade System of the Ministry...
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February 24,2023The Central Bank of Iran says the pre-pilot phase of its Central Bank Digital Currency project, CryptoRial, is complete and now in its pilot phase. "The pre-pilot phase ended successfully with...
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February 09,2023The Majlis Economic Commission and the government are collaborating to prepare a comprehensive plan for regulating cryptocurrencies, Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi, the head of the commission, said...
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February 04,2023Parliament has again called for developing comprehensive regulations for cryptocurrency trade. Speaking at a meeting with representatives from the Central Bank of Iran and ministries related to...
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January 28,2023The Central Bank of Iran says it will make the CryptoRial, a central bank digital currency, available to the public within two weeks. Peivast Magazine on Thursday quoted an official from the CBI,...
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January 16,2023A special taskforce to integrate efforts for regulating cryptocurrencies has been set up by the government. The National Taskforce of Cryptocurrencies held its first meeting in Tehran last week...
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December 31,2022The Organization for Collection and Sale of State-Owned Property says it has returned a part of seized cryptomining equipment to their owners after it was obliged to do so by the courts.
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November 15,2022First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber on Sunday announced new rules for crypto assets, adding some detail to regulations approved in 2019. Henceforth cryptominers should get special permits from...
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November 06,2022Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to cut Iran off from the global financial system, blockchain data show...
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November 01,2022The Central Bank of Iran on Monday revealed a draft of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project whitepaper, known as the crypto-rial and called for recommendations before moving forward. ...
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September 14,2022The Central Bank of Iran has launched a pre-test phase of the Crypto-Rial, the central bank digital currency, the governor said Wednesday. “At this phase, Bank Melli Iran and Bank Mellat have...
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September 11,2022While the Central Bank of Iran plans to pilot its long-awaited central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, the Crypto-Rial, by November, experts has expressed strong reservations about the...
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September 02,2022New regulations for cryptocurrency mining was approved by the government on Sunday. The Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade now has permission to resume issuing licenses for cryptomining, the...
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August 10,2022Iran's Trade Promotion Organization said $10 million in cryptocurrency was used recently for settling an import bill. Alireza Peymanpak, the TPO chief, made the announcement in a tweet noting that...
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August 02,2022Russia’s State Duma supports building ties with Iran and the Central Bank of Iran, says Anton Tkachev, deputy of the State Duma, noting that the two countries need to make better use of financial...
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July 06,2022Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Company, Tavanir, announced new severe measures to discourage unlicensed cryptomining. According to the company spokesman, Mostafa Rajabi...
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July 05,2022Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi said Sunday that the government has a positive but rules-based approach towards cryptocurrencies "Policymakers have gone overboard in pushing opposing views that...
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June 29,2022Efforts to alleviate pressure on the national power grid by closing cryptocurrency mining centers have increased with the arrival of the hot summer and peak consumption season. According to Iran...
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June 24,2022Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Company (Tavanir) has again told all cryptocurrency miners to suspend work during the three summer months. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, the company...
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June 12,2022The government is drafting new measures to further reduce unauthorized cryptomining in the country. According to Mohammad Khodadadi, the official in charge of supplying power to legal...
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June 09,2022The central bank’s digital currency project, known as crypto-rial, will not replace the banking system and is being designed to add smart features to the currency. "Our primary aim in developing...
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