Bitcoin Mania Reaches Iran As US Sanctions Tighten Noose On Economy
The Iranian Parliament Commission on Economy has recently approved cryptocurrency mining in the country amid US sanctions.
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Abdolnaser Hemmati said that "a mechanism to mine digital coins were approved by the government's economic commission and will later be put to the discussion at a Cabinet meeting."
The Bitcoin craze has circulated around Iranian media, landing on front pages of newspapers and has been featured on television news shows across the country. Even some of the country's top ayatollahs have been publicly discussing cryptocurrencies , according to the Associated Press.
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Some government officials are concerned that the energy-intense process of mining Bitcoin is violating Iran's system of subsidized electricity.
"We do believe that theindustry should be recognized as an official industry in Iran to let the country take advantage of its tax and customs revenues." cryptocurrency
"It is clear that here has turned into afor 'miners, '" Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Iran's minister heaven information and communications technology, recently told AP in an interview. "The business of 'mining' is not forbidden for law, but the government and the Central Bank have ordered the Customs Bureau to ban the import of (mining machines) until new regulations are introduced." in
Ali Bakhshi, the head of the Iran Electrical Industry Syndicate, said the cost per kilowatt-hour for miners will be increased to 7 cents, a huge jump from the already going rate of a half-cent but still half the price versus Western energy markets.
Iran's religious leaders have some concern that miners could try to circumvent paying extra for the electricity as well as using digital currency to hide or move money illicitly.
"Some of our top clerics have issued fatwas that say Bitcoin is money without a reserve, that it is rejected by Islamic andare cybercurrencies ," haram said. "When we explain to them, this is not a Jahromi an asset, they change their mind." currency but
Iran has been developing a rial-backed national cryptocurrency , able to avoid US economic sanctions.
A new study from the foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) insists cryptocurrencies are being used by Iran to bypass the America's geopolitical supremacy.
The FDD study suggests that a rial-backed national cryptocurrency , particularly one tied to oil, could make it more difficult for Washington to enforce sanctions.
The world is evolving, shown through the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Iran, can circumnavigate Washington and the American financial sector who hold dominance in global finance. It could take at least a decade, but Iran is certainly laying the building blocks to operate its economy outside US control.
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