{"id":655536,"date":"2026-09-09T21:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=846261"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:47:21","slug":"cut-off-from-global-finance-iran-turns-to-bitcoin-and-tether","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/cut-off-from-global-finance-iran-turns-to-bitcoin-and-tether\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut off From Global Finance, Iran Turns to Bitcoin and Tether"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iran-taps-bitcoin-and-tether-to-bring-export-money-back-home-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iran Taps Bitcoin and Tether to Bring Export Money Back Home\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>According to reports, cryptocurrency use in Iran is not fringe but a working trade-settlement rail. Tehran is quietly moving funds across these digital rails using bitcoin (BTC) and tether (USDT) to undermine financial sanctions. Digital Assets Take on a Bigger Role in Iran\u2019s Trade On Wednesday, the Financial Times (FT) reported that Iran\u2019s central bank [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, cryptocurrency use in Iran is not fringe but a working trade-settlement rail. Tehran is quietly moving funds across these digital rails using bitcoin (BTC) and tether (USDT) to undermine financial sanctions. Digital Assets Take on a Bigger Role in Iran\u2019s Trade On Wednesday, the Financial Times (FT) reported that Iran\u2019s central bank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":655537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-655536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}