Iran to Launch Its Own CBDC ‘Crypto-Rial’
On Monday, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced that it notified domestic banks and credit institutions about a series of regulations related to Iran’s ‘crypto-rial’, its forthcoming central ba...
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