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Iran Greenlights Bitcoin, Kryptobetalningar för import: Rapport
Iran reportedly passed a law enabling the use of bitcoin as payment for imports and establishing a framework for the asset class, including mining regulations.
Iran has passed legislation establishing a legal framework for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Under the new law, cryptocurrency can be used as payment for imports to the country by government and local businesses. The law also addresses fuel supply and electrical consumption for bitcoin brytning.Iran passed an act which enables the use of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payments for imports through a comprehensive legal framework, per a report from local news outlet Tasnim.
Enligt rapporten avslöjade Irans industri-, gruv- och handelsminister Reza Fatemi Amin att den nyligen antagna lagen definierar bestämmelser om kryptovalutor, tar upp leveransproblem för bränsle- och elkostnader för gruvdrift och ger tillstånd för administrationen att använda kryptovalutor.
Minister Fatemi Amin reportedly reiterated the authorization was an agreement between the Ministry of Industry and the Central Bank –– arguably suggesting a multi-departmental consensus on the viability of bitcoin as a means for international payments.
Additionally, Fatemi Amin also noted that local businesses will be able to import vehicles by using bitcoin, instead of the U.S. dollar or the euro. Tasnim highlighted the move comes on the heels of an August 9 announcement by the head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) saying the country registered its first import order processed with cryptocurrency. The order was reportedly valued over $10 million.
Harkening tillbaka till maj förra året, Iran tidigare förbjudits the mining of bitcoin citing power grid concerns. Additionally, the Irananian central bank also förbjudits handel med kryptovalutor utvunna utanför landet under samma månad. Gruvförbudet blev senare lyfts i oktober bara för att vara återinfördes i december samma år, återigen med hänvisning till oro för elnätet.
Therefore, one could argue that Iran is taking this step towards comprehensive reform to take a firm and more long-standing stance on bitcoin Och andra kryptokurvor.
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