How Iran Has Used Bitcoin Mining to Bypass Trade Sanctions

Matthew Tasooji, a professor at CSUSM in California, said there was a plausible strategic rationale for Israel to bomb bitcoin mining sites.
How Iran Has Used Bitcoin Mining to Bypass Trade Sanctions
Representations of cryptocurrency bitcoin, in this illustration picture created in Paris on March 9, 2024. Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Reuters
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Iran has been at war with Israel since June 13, but long before that, Tehran and other Iranian cities experienced regular power outages, despite the country having some of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves.

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