Identifying and prioritizing the obstacles of cryptocurrencies in Iran

Subject Areas : International Journal of Finance, Accounting and Economics Studies

Sadigheh tootian Isfahani ¹ , leila saeidi ² , zohre Hassanpour ³

1 - Department of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Tehran West Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-06-02 Accepted : 2023-08-31 Published : 2023-10-23

Keywords: cryptocurrency, Digital Currency, Barriers to cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Blockchain,

Abstract :

Background and purpose: Nowadays, the market of cryptocurrencies has faced significant changes, for this reason, in recent years, identifying the obstacles of cryptocurrencies has become one of the most important challenges of every country.The present research has identified and prioritized the obstacles of cryptocurrencies in Iran.Research method:The research method is descriptive-survey.The statistical community is experts (experts) and active in the field of investment, and in terms of the type of data, it is mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical community includes all investors in the quantitative part.There are 260 cryptocurrencies in the market, based on Morgan's table,a sample size of 154 people was selected using available sampling method.In the qualitative part,the research method is thematic analysis and the next step is the Delphi method. In order to check the validity, content validity was used, and also to check the reliability, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for all variables was greater than 0.7, indicating acceptable reliability. Is.Findings:According to the results of the qualitative part of the research, the most important obstacles to cryptocurrencies in Iran are volatility, law and tax, criminal activities, jurisprudence and non-Islamic, environmental issues, cryptocurrency literacy, security problems, and newness, respectively, and the results of the analyzes Quantitative also confirms the significance of the factor loadings of all indicators and their confirmation at the 95% confidence level.Discussion and conclusion: The findings of this research can be used in taking measures regarding the challenges of cryptocurrencies in Iran and improving performance in this area