Recently, cryptocurrency platform users in Iran have faced challenges such as currency fluctuations, payment gateway blockages, and concerns about asset freezes. Despite this, on January 18, Sharperk announced that reopening payment gateways is subject to providing personal and transactional information from users, a decision that received negative reactions from the Fintech community. Experts have warned that these actions, besides reducing public trust, may lead to the migration of cryptocurrency businesses and harm to technical infrastructures, ultimately resulting in serious economic and security damages. Additionally, the Fintech community has proposed to the Central Bank that decision-making processes involve private sector participation to prevent weakening Iranian platforms and damaging the country’s digital economy. Currently, FATA Representative Mirzaee stated that approximately 3,000 cryptocurrency-related cases are under investigation daily. He emphasized that most of these cases are due to activities in non-transparent spaces and foreign exchanges. In contrast, cases related to domestic exchanges have been significantly fewer than unofficial and non-transparent cases since 2017. He also reported an increase in cryptocurrency fraud cases post-payment gateway closures. According to him, fraudulent advertisements on online classified sites have risen, and crime detection in unofficial and dark spaces has become complex, time-consuming, and challenging. You can track the live prices of all tokens and cryptocurrencies on the real-time price page.
