CoinAva allows Iranians to buy and sell bitcoins
Citizens of Iran now have their own bitcoin market website, CoinAva. The site aims to educate people about bitcoin and allow them to buy and sell the digital currency. A spokesperson for CoinAva said bitcoin isn't yet very popular in Iran, but said that once a few people start talking about it, its popularity will increase rapidly. "When something takes off here, every man and his dog will be totally into it," he said. He went on to say the Iranian government hasn't said anything specifically about bitcoin yet, but he believes it probably thinks digital currency is "another conspiracy of....
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