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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.
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.
Representations of cryptocurrency bitcoin, in this illustration picture created in Paris on March 9, 2024. Benoit Tessier/Illustration/Reuters
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Chris Summers is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in crime, policing and the law.
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