Iranske myndigheder har beslaglagt næsten 10,000 ulovlige cryptocurrency-mine-enheder siden marts. Ifølge rapporter, mange af de beslaglagte kryptominerigge opererede på offentlige steder, der modtager gratis eller stærkt subsidieret elektricitet, såsom skoler og moskeer.
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Iran Confiscates Nearly 10K Crypto Mining Devices
Kambiz Nazerian, head of Tehran Electricity Distribution Company, said Monday that Iranian authorities have discovered and seized 9,404 illegal cryptocurrency mining devices in Tehran since the beginning of the Persian calendar year which started on March 21, det rapporterede lokale medier.
He explained that the mining equipment was discovered by inspectors in different districts of the Iranian capital.
Iranian authorities have regularly announced the discovery of illegal cryptocurrency mining machines in different parts of the country over recent years. Many of these unauthorized cryptocurrency mining operations were based in public locations, såsom skoler og moskeer, that receive free or heavily-subsidized electricity.
Alireza Peymanpak, vice minister of Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade and president of the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), og Messari that “the first official import order was successfully placed with cryptocurrency worth 10 million dollars.” He added: “By the end of September, the use of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts will be widespread in foreign trade with target countries.”
Sidste uge, Alireza Managhebi, the chairman of Iran’s Importers Group and Representatives of Foreign Companies (Imports Association), stressed that a stable regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies should be established for cryptocurrencies in order for them to be successfully used as a means of payment for imports.
I mellemtiden, the governor of the central bank of Iran (CBI), Ali Salehabadi, recently said that the purchase, salg, and investment of cryptocurrencies are prohibited. Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence also issued a statement in May declaring that it has blocked 9,219 bankkonti tilhørende 545 individuals due to suspicious foreign currency and cryptocurrency transactions.
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