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Iran Doubles Down on its War Against Illegal Crypto Miners (Report)

The Iranian authorities will reportedly impose harsher penalties on illegal cryptocurrency miners as some operators could even go to jail. Before that, the officials banned all digital asset mining endeavors…

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Iran Will Not Allow Crypto Payments, Prepares to Pilot Digital Rial

Iran will not recognize cryptocurrencies as a means of payment, a high-ranking government official has indicated. His statement came as the Central Bank of Iran announced rules for the issuance…

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Crypto’s Sanction-Slipping Power: Why Bitcoin’s Neutrality Is Its Greatest Humanitarian Asset

Decentralized networks such as Bitcoin’s don’t know national allegiance, they only know math. And when you’re trying to get your savings out of an ATM, or send a payment to…

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Russian Bitcoin Mining Assessed Amid Conflict With Ukraine, Large ETH Pool Cancels Service to Russia

With the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, many observers are curious about the large quantity of hashrate located in Russia, as the region reportedly controls the third-largest sum of SHA256…

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