This country will now buy state-mined Bitcoin to fund imports

[Cinno3]

The Irani government will now allow imports to be paid for using Bitcoin, as per a recent report in local publication ISNA. The move is the first-of-its-kind and marks an important milestone in Bitcoin’s history.

Iran has moderately friendly towards the Bitcoin market thus far. Earlier this year, the state allowed for the legal setup of Bitcoin miners in the country and provisioned the use of excess power produced by power plants to be used up to mine the cryptocurrency. However, the country prohibited trading at the same time.
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