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Explain the General Policies of Iran (Government)in the Field of Cryptocurrencies

Rostami Baroui, Reza | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 54577 (44)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Management and Economics
  6. Advisor(s): Maleki, Ali; Mirzapour, Hossein
  7. Abstract:
  8. This research deals with one of the current issues in the world and in Iran, which is named the field of cryptocurrencies. Domain that is managed decentrally due to the use of blockchain platform. This decentralization has caused different challenges (security problems, disruption of economic governance, etc.) for governments and has created different advantages and disadvantages for each country. This study seeks to investigate how Iran is facing the challenges in the field of cryptocurrencies. In this research, three main questions have been asked to determine the situation of Iran in the field of cryptocurrencies. In the first question, what are the policies of Iran is questioned and then in the second question, the position of these policies in relation to the conceptual framework extracted from the literature is determined, and then in the third question, the reason for adopting these policies in Iran is stated. Therefore, this research has an exploratory approach and its research method is qualitative. In order to obtain information, 22 semi-structured interviews with public and private experts were used and then these data were analyzed by Grounded theory method. By coding in the contextual method, we achieved five main categories, which include factors such as security issues and concerns, management culture issues of the country, control of economic sovereignty, lack of coherent strategy and problems in the electricity industry such as electricity theft and electricity shortage. These are the reason for adopting Iran's policies in the field of cryptocurrencies
  9. Keywords:
  10. Blockchain ; Decentralization ; Regulation ; Cryptocurrency ; Bitcoin ; Radical Innovation

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