Energy Challenges
The significant issue of providing enough electrical power for the energy-intensive data centers, which has become a critical bottleneck in the AI race.
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The global AI race, particularly between the United States and China, is increasingly becoming a "power race" due to significant energy challenges associated with the massive AI infrastructure buildout required for data centers. This demand for energy is a critical factor in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence. In Iran, energy costs have also emerged as a challenge within its cryptocurrency market, which began to gain traction in 2017 as international sanctions limited access to global financial markets. Despite initial interest and subsequent unblocking of some cryptocurrency-to-fiat exchanges with government API access in January 2025, Iran's cryptocurrency landscape has faced significant hurdles, including a ban on all cryptocurrency transactions and transfers in December 2025, alongside gold.
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Cryptocurrency in Iran has emerged as a pivotal response to economic pressures and global isolation. In December 2025 Iranian regime globally banned any and all transaction and transfer of cryptocurrency and along with gold. Iran's interest in cryptocurrencies began in 2017 when international sanctions obstructed Iran's access to the global financial markets. Iran's cryptocurrency market faces challenges like high energy costs and the involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in illicit activities. On December 27th 2024 Iranian regime's Central Bank's new program effectively blocked all Iranian cryptocurrency to rial and vice versa payments through internet websites in Iran. In January 2025 the central bank began unblocking cryptomoney to fiat traders exchanges with their own government API for full access to user data.
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