What happened in the 19th finap? A different gathering of Iranian digital currency ecosystem activists
The 19th FINAP event was held on Thursday, December 16, 1402 in Ivan Shams Hall. This was Finap’s first experience in holding an event with a cryptocurrency theme, which had a different atmosphere from other gatherings in this field in recent years.
The 19th finap consisted of 9 lectures and presentations, 2 discussion panels and a two-way conversation with Nasser Hakimi, the former vice president of new technologies of the Central Bank of Iran. The strength of the 19th FINAP, like the previous courses, were the speeches given by the country’s fintech ecosystem activists, this time regarding digital currencies, which contained new and attractive ideas for all those interested in this industry.
The first discussion panel was dedicated to examining the issue of private money and the role of digital currencies in the evolution of this form of money in the new era, which contained some thought-provoking parts, especially from the perspective of macroeconomic policy.
The second panel, which was held with the presence of Mojtaba Tawanger, Chairman of the Digital Economy Committee of the Parliament, Seyed Ali Rouhani, Deputy Minister of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy, representatives of Blockchain and Fintech Associations of Iran, as well as business owners active in the field of digital currency exchange, an interesting conversation about Legislation of this domain in the country during the past years and the way forward for the regulation of this sector.
The representative of the Ministry of Economy in this panel, although he admitted that the governing bodies have different opinions on the legislation of digital currencies, as a good ending to this discussion, he said that he believes that the right question is not governance or destruction in the digital currency industry, but the continuation of this field officially or Something like today and in an informal atmosphere.
One of the 9 lectures of the 19th FINAP event was the presentation of Behzad Naserfalah, digital marketing manager of AruzDigital Group, in which, relying on the statistics and figures in the comprehensive report on the digital currency space of Iran, he presented a picture of the activities of Iranian cryptocurrency businesses, the behavior of their users and the areas in need. The attention of this industry presented.
Challenges of Iranian users in using domestic cryptocurrency exchange platforms, suitable fields for starting a business in the field of digital currencies according to the needs of Iranian investors, the position of Iran compared to other countries in the region and in the world in terms of accepting digital assets among the population and obstacles that were not due to Legal transparency in the development process of businesses and new ideas in this industry has been created, it was one of the main axes of Nasser Falah’s presentation.
On the sidelines of the FINAP event, ErzDigital Collection also unveiled the most up-to-date version of Iran’s blockchain and digital currencies ecosystem map. According to this map, there are now more than 200 businesses with more than 2,000 active workforces, providing services in 13 different sectors. This map can be seen in the second chapter (businesses) of the comprehensive report on Iran’s digital currency space, page 16.
In the 19th experience of holding its event, Finap has well depicted the extent of Iran’s blockchain industry and digital assets today. An area that was considered underground in less than a decade and was only limited to the exchange or mining of digital currencies, has now become a large ecosystem, consisting of hundreds of businesses, involving thousands of active workers and millions of Iranian users. And it is considered among the main concerns of governing bodies for regulation.