For the second time this year, the Islamic Republic of Iran has banned the mining of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in an attempt to ease pressure on its crumbling energy infrastructure.31 Ara 2021
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Tehran currently allows cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to be mined in Iran and offers cheap power to licensed miners while requiring them to sell the cryptocurrencies to the Central Bank.2 Tem 2021
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The Iranian government has officially lifted the ban on mining for cryptocurrency for licensed operators. However, around 85% of the cryptocurrency mining in the country occurs illegally , taking a toll on this power grid.
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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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