Iran

Iran Reportedly Used UK Banking Giants to Avoid Sanctions
Iran Reportedly Used UK Banking Giants to Avoid Sanctions
February 04, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Iran reportedly used two of Great Britain’s largest banks to get around sanctions. Santander UK and Lloyds provided accounts to front companies owned by sanctioned Iranian petrochemical companies, the...

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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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