🇮🇷 HOW MANY BITCOIN IRAN HODL🚀
🧮 Estimated Bitcoin Holdings
Analysts estimate Iran (including government-linked actors) controls ≈ 300,000 BTC – valued at over $25 billion USD .
Other reports frame Iran’s total crypto assets between $30 billion–$50 billion, nearly one-third the value of Iran’s gold reserves .
🏛️ How Iran Accumulates Bitcoin
Creates licensed Bitcoin-mining operations—legal miners must sell to the Central Bank of Iran for use in Iran’s foreign trade .
Roughly 4–4.5% of global Bitcoin mining occurs in Iran, thanks to cheap energy, though many operations are unlicensed .
These miners help Iran circumvent sanctions and fund imports—e.g., ~$10 million worth of goods bought with crypto in 2022 .
Not all BTC (~300k) is necessarily held by the Iranian government—some comes from private/licensed miners.
Many mining operations have gone underground, and energy shortages prompted periodic mining bans to ease grid strain .
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