U.S. President Donald Trump said that the war between his country and Iran may come to an end soon. This cites that the military operations are progressing faster than expected. The President made these remarks during a phone interview with Weija Jiang, CBS White House Correspondent. In which he was
Israeli prosecutors indicted the two on charges of attempting to use confidential military intelligence to make bets on Polymarket, a blockchain-based prediction market. The suspects include one Israeli Defence Forces reservist and another civilian. Authorities accused the reservist of obtaining sensitive operational intelligence in the course of his military duties
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is reviewing whether crypto exchanges and digital asset infrastructure have been used by Iranian-linked actors to circumvent international sanctions. The U.S. regulators are also paying attention to the centralized exchanges, stablecoin routes, and liquidity providers that could act as repeatable access points for the
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned two crypto exchanges in the UK, Zedcex and Zedxion, for allegedly assisting Iran in evading U.S. and international financial sanctions. The sanctions were issued by OFAC, or the Office of Foreign Assets Control, at the U.S. Treasury. This is the first time that OFAC has
The Iranian government blocked all access to the internet across the country yesterday in response to the spread of protests throughout Iran, reigniting discussion over whether cryptocurrency is still possible amidst extreme levels of connectivity restriction. The move comes as a result of Iran’s deteriorating economy and its Iranian rial
The move, according to various local Iranian media sources, has been initiated by the Iranian government, which now permits foreign governments to purchase sophisticated equipment from the Iranian Defence Ministry using cryptocurrency. The project is led by the Ministry of Defence Export Center, or Mindex, a government entity tasked with
Iranian Regulators plan to set up their own cryptocurrency as it plans to ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a medium of payment inside the country. The Iranian parliament proposed a regulation against the cryptocurrency usage within the country. Ban of Bitcoin as a Payment Option On July 2nd, Iranian
The Iranian Government announces to plug-out the power for cryptocurrency miners due to over consumption of power. Illegal crypto mining affects the licensed digital currency miners. Unauthorized Crypto Miners consumes more power Iran worries about crypto mining centers consuming more power. This results in the shortage of electricity faced by
