Iran Edges Closer to Launching a National Cryptocurrency

The Iranian authorities continue to press ahead with their plans to develop a national cryptocurrency with the state-led project said to be in its final stages. The digital currency is based on Hyperledger’s Fabric Platform technology, and has been developed by the Iranian technology company Informatics Services Corporation (ISC). The unnamed cryptocurrency will be issued by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), and developed under a private blockchain infrastructure mechanism and will not