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Iran to Cut 4 Zeros From Its Currency Amid Chronic Inflation and US Sanctions

7.5.2020
Iranian lawmakers have reportedly approved a plan to slash four zeros from the national currency, the rial, which has been falling sharply in value amid chronic inflation and the U.S. sanctions. The official currency will also be replaced. Economists are skeptical about how the changes will affect...

3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet

7.5.2020
On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea, and Iran’s use of digital currencies like bitcoin. The company’s research papers discuss the Poland-based crypto Ponzi called Futurenet, a hosting...

Chainalysis’ Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs Cast Spotlight on North Korea and Iran

5.5.2020
New York-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has launched a new initiative to shed more light on the scope of its latest crypto crime analyses

Iran Issues License for Nation’s Biggest Bitcoin Mining Operation

5.5.2020
A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines

Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions

5.5.2020
Iran has issued a bitcoin mining license to Iminer, a Turkish-based company. Iminer will operate up to 6,000 rigs, with a computing power of 96,000 terahash per second (TH/s) in total. According to media reports, the miner has spent $7.3 million setting up the mining facility, located...

Iran Ditches the Rial Amid Hyperinflation as LocalBitcoins Seem to Trade Near $35K

4.5.2020
Iran’s parliament votes to institute a new currency as coronavirus and sanctions hyperinflate the rial and local Bitcoin prices skyrocket relative to official exchanges

Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East

4.5.2020
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications

Iranian Authorizes Issue License for 6000-Rig Crypto Farm

4.5.2020
Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade issued a license to Turkey-based company iMiner for operating in the province of Semnan

Petro-Dollar System Crumbles: US Dollar Could Collapse from the World’s Oil Wars

22.4.2020
During the last few days, people witnessed history when the price of crude oil dropped below zero to -$40 per barrel, and as time passes many analysts think the worst is yet to come. After West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil-based contracts dried up for May, contracts for June collapsed by 45%....

Unofficial Iranian Telegram Applications Leak Data of 42M Users

31.3.2020
Data of 42 million Iranians using unofficial Telegram messengers got publicly exposed online

How Bitcoin’s Price Slump Is Changing the Geography of Mining

30.3.2020
Although China remains the leading region for bitcoin mining, the coronavirus downturn is changing the picture in other geographies

US Sanctions Strategy and Crypto: The Cracks Are Showing in Iran

15.3.2020
The U.S. Treasury is working to enforce sanctions in crypto but economic war risks isolating the country

Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle East

13.3.2020
Bitcoin fell 40 percent this week from coronavirus shocks, but it's still seen as a safe haven in the Middle East

Why Energy Experts Are Watching Crypto as Oil Wars Emerge

11.3.2020
Energy experts say incumbents are complacent about the dominance of the U.S. dollar in oil markets while China and Russia may try to force change

What the Oil Market Says About Bitcoin’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status

9.3.2020
“I don’t think any asset is safe right now – except cash, US dollars.”

Bitcoin.com Local Gathers Steam as Other P2P Markets Falter

7.3.2020
The bitcoin marketplace Localbitcoins was once the most popular peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform. But during the last few years, the company’s trading requirements and KYC implementation have caused an influx of traders to migrate to different P2P crypto markets. The mass departure...