Butifldrm Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 After Venezuela .. Iran is considering the issuance of electronic currency 22 February 2018 11:13 PM Mubasher: Iran is considering developing an electronic currency in the coming period, a move that comes days after a similar move to Venezuela. Iranian Information and Communication Minister Mohammad Azeri Jahrami told Reuters on Wednesday that the state bank Post Bank is working on developing an electronic currency for Iran. Iran's central bank is working with other institutions to set up regulations for digital currencies in the country, the front page said. Iran is the second country to decide to develop an electronic currency of its own after Venezuela, which has already issued its currency "Petro" tied to the price of a barrel of oil. https://www.mubasher.info/news/3234259/بعد-فنزويلا-إيران-تدرس-إصدار-عملة-إلكترونية?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ar%2FISX%2Fnews+(ISX+Arabic+News) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Iran announce bid to create own digital currency Wed Feb 21, 2018 05:14PM Home Iran Economy Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Azari Jahromi. Iran says it is preparing to launch its own digital currency in a move that many believe can help reduce the country’s vulnerability to the impacts of US-led sanctions. Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Azari Jahromi was quoted by the domestic media as saying that a plan was already on agenda to develop a platform for using cryptocurrency in the country. Jahromi said the project would be led by the Post Bank of Iran, adding that the Bank was preparing to announce a tender for developing the platform. He also emphasized that using digital money was increasingly becoming common at the international level, adding that Iran also needed to devise its own mechanisms to keep pace with other countries in the same front. Jahromi further invited all Iranian tech experts to participate in the upcoming tender of Post Bank – a bank which focused on e-banking and the development of Iran’s electronic banking infrastructure. The removal of economic sanctions against Iran in 2016 led to certain openings in the country’s commercial activities with other countries. However, the country is yet to fully benefit from the removal of the sanctions because some restrictions – specifically those that concern banking transactions with Iran – still remain. Global banks and financial institutions also fail to process Iran-related transactions over fears of falling afoul of US primary sanctions that ban dollar-based services to the Islamic Republic. The success of cryptocurrencies over the past months opened a debate in Tehran to use digital currencies to dodge the impacts of sanctions. Certain openings for Iran to use the digital currency in overseas trade had appeared earlier. Last March, reports emerged in media that the government of Sweden has reportedly authorized a local business to create a mechanism based on bitcoin – the world’s most popular virtual currency - to transfer funds to Iran. Brave New World Investments – a blockchain startup based in Sweden’s Linköping – was reported by the media to have been able to create an investment vehicle to invest in companies traded in the Tehran Stock Exchange based on bitcoin. The report added that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could be used to send funds to Iran, where they would be converted to the native Rial and used to invest in publicly traded companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange. http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/21/553160/Iran-announce-bid-to-create-own-digital-currency 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 Venezuela prevents its citizens from buying the new currency "Petro" 23 February 2018 04:02 PM Direct : Venezuela launched an electronic currency backed by the country 's reserves of oil and diamonds, but remains limited to the purchase of foreign nationals without Venezuelans. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced this week that his country had received intentions to buy a $ 735 million Petro currency after it was recently offered to investors. Caracas, through its virtual currency sale website, has identified specific currencies, namely the US dollar and the euro, as well as the electronic currency "Betcuen" and "Ethrium". Venezuela does not accept the purchase of "Petro" in local currency "Bolivar", and its citizens are legally prohibited from buying foreign currency. Venezuela's introduction of the new electronic currency came in an effort to raise funds from investors after sanctions and a sharp devaluation of the local currency. Related Topics Global Events World Economy Source : Mubasher https://www.mubasher.info/news/3234287/فنزويلا-تمنع-مواطنيها-من-شراء-العملة-الجديدة-بترو- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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