We may have just seen the beginnings of central banks entering the Bitcoin game theory. The game is about to get real.
Bitcoin has suddenly broken onto the political stage with the announcement that the Iranian Central Bank is officially purchasing Bitcoin from its licensed miners in order to use it to increase imports and get around the destructive US sanctions. Don't miss this Guy's take where we dig into this major development and exactly what it could mean.
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Links to a few articles discussing this development:
https://elexonic.com/2020/10/30/bitcoin-miners-in-iran-have-a-new-buyer-the-central-bank/
https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/10/29/iran-changes-law-to-use-bitcoin-for-imports
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