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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: PucksFool ✧✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Iran using Crypto
Date: 09/09/26 4:11 PM
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Iran is turning to cryptocurrencies to try and keep trade flowing during the US war and blockade, relaxing its strict foreign currency controls in order to counter tightening sanctions.

Long cut out of the global financial system, Iran has for years imposed onerous hurdles on importers and exporters in order to control the supply of foreign currency, prompting businesses to build up what the judiciary estimates is more than $100bn in undeclared earnings at home and overseas.

But Iranian businesses, regime insiders and analysts say the central bank has in recent months quietly encouraged traders to repatriate funds by whatever means necessary to help sustain the battered economy.
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