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Tag: Electronic banking and payments

Posted inIran, Middle East

Sanction-hit Iran set to launch crypto-Rial

by Luke Thompson January 28, 2019February 18, 2020

As US sanctions continue to affect Iran, the Islamic Republic is the reportedly about to launch its own state-backed cryptocurrency and an official announcement is expected at the annual Electronic Banking and Payment Systems conference that starts this week in Tehran. President Trump’s administration started imposing sanctions in the middle of last year and by […]

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