Iran and Cryptocurrency
Iran and Cryptocurrency

Iran and Cryptocurrency

News about Bitcoin in Iran and the gradual progress towards the acceptance of cryptocurrencies especially among the ordinary people, not just rich and influential people, but the real ones and the same people I care about the most. Of course, to achieve this, many obstacles must be crossed.


Internet Shutdown – Day 3

30 Jan 2026 3 minute read 6 comments Melina Mehr

I can't believe it! We haven't had internet for three long days now! I'm going crazy. We can't even text each other. Phones, laptops, electronic devices seem so useless at this point... Damn it!... Let me at least share the rest of my story here... t...

Internet Shutdown – Day 2

29 Jan 2026 3 minute read 20 comments Melina Mehr

  Today marks the second day of the total nationwide internet blackout in Iran, and everything has basically come to a standstill—life itself feels frozen.   Shops are shuttered, the city has sunk into an eerie silence, and here I am, deciding to wri...

Internet Shutdown – Day 1

27 Jan 2026 2 minute read 8 comments Melina Mehr

  Right now, as I type these lines, we have no internet. Not even SMS reaches each other. Our only bridge to the outside world — and to one another — is landline calls between people still inside the country, checking who is still breathing.   Let th...

Hypothetical Protesting Memories from Days of Innocence – Part 3

25 Jan 2026 2 minute read 29 comments Melina Mehr

  We ran through the alley, banging on doors, hearts pounding. Suddenly, someone opened theirs, and we all rushed inside, huddling silently behind the door, waiting for the sound of engines to fade away.  Only later did I realize how terrifying that...

Hypothetical Protesting Memories from Days of Innocence – Part 2

7 Jan 2026 1 minute read 5 comments Melina Mehr

    The demonstrations usually unfolded like this: at first, a few dozen of us would walk together quietly. As our numbers grew, we’d start chanting. I remember one time when we were already several hundred strong, shouting slogans and moving down th...

Hypothetical Memories of Protests | Days of Naïveté | Part 1

4 Jan 2026 2 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr

  As nationwide protests in Iran enter yet another intense chapter, I felt the need, in the midst of all this, to look back at the years gone by—to remember the protests from decades past and the quiet, trembling memories I carry from my university d...

The Loneliest Frame of Protest

30 Dec 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr

 Here's the The Loneliest Frame of ProtestWhen there is nothing left to lose.     (This image and video from yesterday's protests (December 29, 2025) on Jomhouri Street in Tehran has truly become one of the most iconic moments of this wave of rece...

What Just Happened with the Fed Rate Cut – and What It Means for Crypto

11 Dec 2025 2 minute read 9 comments Melina Mehr

  On December 10, 2025, the Federal Reserve delivered its third interest rate cut of the year, dropping the federal funds rate by 25 basis points (0.25%) to a new range of 3.50%–3.75%. The move fits the Fed’s classic dual job: keep employment strong...

Is the Bitcoin Market Still Bullish? / Just a Thought!

8 Dec 2025 1 minute read 10 comments Melina Mehr

  Do you want a short answer, a deep dive, or should I meet you in the middle with a quick but solid take? As of December 8, 2025, yes — the Bitcoin market is still in a bull phase, but it’s going through a sharp and healthy mid-cycle correction, not...

Iran’s Silent Killer: 161 Lives Lost Every Day

30 Nov 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Melina Mehr

  Iran’s Silent Killer: 161 Lives Lost Every Day to Poisonous Air                                   Yes, you read that right – 161 people die daily in Iran because of air pollution. Citizens are now calling their country “Iran’s A...