EghtesadOnline: News about Iran striving to launch its own virtual currency garnered mixed reactions and raised a number of questions, namely about the potential uses of the currency and the government’s role.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s cyberspace police have become the latest authority to discuss virtual currencies, with its deputy for technical affairs announcing that the fate of digital currencies is on their agenda.

EghtesadOnline: Months after the idea was first publicized, it seems that Iran is now inching closer to tapping into the potentials of blockchain technology to operate its own virtual currency.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s minister of communications and information technology has addressed the recent ban on cryptocurrency trade and efforts by the country to develop its own virtual currency.