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Kraken, US Treasury Settle Case Over Crypto Service in Iran
Kraken, US Treasury Settle Case Over Crypto Service in Iran
November 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury Department has officially reached a settlement with crypto exchange Kraken over alleged transactions in Iran. In a statement released by the Treasury’s...

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Today in Crypto: US House Stablecoin Bill Won’t Include Digital Dollar Push, Report Says; Bank CEOs Tell US Lawmakers They Won’t Finance Crypto Miners
Today in Crypto: US House Stablecoin Bill Won’t Include Digital Dollar Push, Report Says; Bank...
September 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Central Bank of Iran said it will begin a pilot launch of its central bank digital currency, the crypto-rial, on Thursday (Sept. 22), a press...

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Binance Says It Was ‘Fully Compliant’ With US Sanctions in Iran Despite Report
Binance Says It Was ‘Fully Compliant’ With US Sanctions in Iran Despite Report
July 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Binance is defending its sanctions program after Reuters reported Monday (July 11) that the cryptocurrency exchange processed trades by clients in Iran despite United States...

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India Seals Iranian Urea Import Contract, Will Pay in Rupees
India Seals Iranian Urea Import Contract, Will Pay in Rupees
February 25, 2022  |  International

Payments for India’s urea deal with Iran — its first long-term Iranian import contract for the fertilizer since 2019 — will likely be made in...

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Bitcoin Daily: MiamiCoin Brings in $8M in Past Two Months; Iran Gets Rid of Bitcoin Mining Ban; KuCoin to Exit China Over Crypto Ban
Bitcoin Daily: MiamiCoin Brings in $8M in Past Two Months; Iran Gets Rid of Bitcoin...
October 03, 2021  |  Bitcoin

MiamiCoin has generated almost $8 million in the past two months, Decrypt reported. Mayor Francis Suarez’s ambitions for the project include making the city a...

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Could Iran, Nigeria Bitcoin Crackdowns Bode Ill For Crypto?
Could Iran, Nigeria Bitcoin Crackdowns Bode Ill For Crypto?
February 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In Iran, power to the people – or at least to the bitcoin miners. Literally, and at the expense of everyone else. And in Nigeria, it’s not...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine Arrests Hacker In Country’s Largest Theft of Crypto Wallets, Info; Iran Requires Crypto Exchanges To Be Licensed
Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine Arrests Hacker In Country’s Largest Theft of Crypto Wallets, Info; Iran Requires...
May 19, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The Security Service of Ukraine is reportedly holding a hacker for allegedly selling a database with 773 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords,...

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Bitcoin Daily: OK Bill Would Create Blockchain Body; Central Asia Steps Up Crypto Mining; Crypto, RBI Case Back In Court
Bitcoin Daily: OK Bill Would Create Blockchain Body; Central Asia Steps Up Crypto Mining; Crypto,...
January 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Senator Nathan Dahm (R-OK) is sponsoring a bill that would establish a new state-chartered financial institution (FI) centered around blockchain technology, Cointelegraph reported on Saturday...

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US-funded VPNs, Apps See Increased Usage In Iran
US-funded VPNs, Apps See Increased Usage In Iran
January 20, 2020  |  International

U.S.-backed virtual private networks (VPNs) are working to help Iranians circumvent internet censorship from their own government. The outreach is intended to help anti-regime protesters...

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