In 2018, Iran recognized cryptocurrency mining as a legal industry in order to monitor and regulate the mining farms that were already operating.
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The ban is the second time this year that Iran ordered a shutdown of authorised cryptocurrency mining centres to ease the strain on the country’s power plants.
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Binance . Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Buy and sell Bitcoin and over 350 coins through its exchange with low fees. Alternatively, buy anonymously from others through its peer-to-peer marketplace.
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Iran accounts for an estimated 4.5% to 7% of the global Bitcoin hash rate .
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Tehran allows cryptocurrencies mined in Iran to pay for imports of goods , which can help it get around the wide-ranging U.S. sanctions that had been imposed on the country by the Trump administration.
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Iran’s central bank banned bitcoin-related transactions in April . Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi, chair of Iran’s economic commission, said that more than $2.5 billion has flowed out of the country through cryptocurrency-related transactions.
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Although the crypto industry in Iran is not regulated , the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in April 2021, authorized domestic banks and money exchangers to use locally and licensed mined cryptocurrencies to pay for imports to the sanctioned nation.
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