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Iran tightens crypto mining controls as energy grid faces strain
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Iranian authorities have intensified a nationwide crackdown on unlicensed crypto mining, citing daily power losses of roughly 1.4–2.0 gigawatts and reporting large-scale seizures of illicit rigs that officials say are straining the grid. 
Why Did BTC Crash Amid the Attack on Israel? What Comes Next?
Cryptocurrencies and politics are more intertwined than we might wish. On the night of April 13, Iran launched a large-scale missile attack on Israel, likely in retaliation for a strike in Syria that resulted in the deaths of high-ranking Iranian military officers. This incident triggered a significant downturn in the crypto market. But what exactly happened? 
US sanctions Iranians moving oil revenues through crypto
The US Treasury Department, through OFAC, imposed new sanctions on two Iranian nationals and over a dozen companies in Hong Kong and the UAE linked to oil sales and the use of cryptocurrency to funnel funds for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force (IRGC-QF) and Ministry of Defense (MODAFL). 
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