Buyer of Jack Dorsey's 'genesis tweet NFT' reportedly detained in Iran
Iranian cyber police allegedly seized control of Bridge Oracle CEO
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Iran Reportedly Seizes 45K Bitcoin Mining Machines After Closure of Illegal Operations
The mostly ASIC devices used to mine bitcoin are said to have been consuming 95 megawatts per hour of electricity at a reduced rate. Source
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Iran Is Ripe for Bitcoin Adoption, Even as Government Clamps Down on Mining
Iran-based bitcoiner Zahra Amini was used to answering questions on cryptocurrencies, but usually about their relationship with crime. So when a 70-year-old man recently asked her to explain crypto because he no longer wanted to rely on the national rial, Amini felt something had changed. “If people that age are thinking
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Iran May Fund Car Imports with Cryptocurrency Mining
An Iranian free trade zone is proposing locally mined cryptocurrency might be a way to fund car imports. Source
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Authorities in Iran Allow Power Plants to Mine Bitcoin and Other Cryptos
Power plants in Iran can mine Bitcoin (BTC) but they do not have access to the subsidized fuel in this case.The government in Iran has permitted power plants to mining Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. The approval comes with a twist. The power plants that want to mine Bitcoin in
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Power Plants in Iran Now Authorized to Mine Bitcoin
Power plants in Iran are allowed to mine cryptocurrencies, the deputy head of the country’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has reportedly confirmed.Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, deputy head of Tavanir, explained that entities have to apply for the necessary licenses from the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade,
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Iran Licenses 14 Bitcoin Mining Farms, Cuts Electricity Tariff up to 47% for Miners
Iran has reportedly issued permits for 14 bitcoin mining farms and will cut up to 47% off of the electricity tariff in order to support authorized cryptocurrency mining centers. Crypto miners will soon have to register with the government.Iran Licenses More Crypto Mining FarmsThe Islamic Republic of Iran has
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US Hash Rate War With Iran Can Send Bitcoin Price to $500K
Bitcoin (BTC) will hit $500,000 because the United States will start a giant hash war with Iran and Venezuela — and it’s already started.In the latest episode of his Keiser Report TV show, Max Keiser predicted that the Iranian and Venezuelan regimes would force the Trump administration to embrace BTC.Keiser:
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Iran Needs to Take Bitcoin Seriously, Says Lawmaker
[sociallocker id="55298"] An Iranian lawmaker is advising the government to actively control the development of the local Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto industry. Bitcoin Could be Beneficial for Iran According to Tasnim News Agency, Mohammad Hossein Farhangi, a member of Iran’s Parliament says the country’s government needs to move forward with developing its
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Blockchain Bites: Iran and Russia Revisit Crypto Regulations, Bitcoin Pizza Day 10 Years Later
News 'Diet'Laszlo Hanyecz has the honor of conducting the first commercial Bitcoin transaction: trading 10,000 bitcoin for about $30 worth of pizza. Ten years later, those bitcoin would be worth $91 million. He apparently has no regrets. “It was a really interesting system but nobody’s using it,” Hanyecz said. “If nobody’s
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