Kazakh Mining Slide Offers Lesson for US Lawmakers
Cracking down on US bitcoin miners for their energy use would have perverse consequences, says CoinDesk’s chief content officer.
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Jan 7, 2022 at 4:58 p.m. UTC
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Kazakh Riots Hit Miners, Fed Hits Crypto Market
Kazakhstan riots hit crypto mining. Fed rate hike signal hits crypto markets. Volatility is not necessarily a bad thing for markets. Those stories and other news shaping the c...
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Jan 6, 2022 at 5:05 p.m. UTC
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Kazakhstan’s Hashrate Drops as Internet Blackout Persists
The outage comes amid mass protests in the world’s second-biggest crypto mining country.
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Jan 6, 2022 at 12:35 p.m. UTC
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Kazakh Bitcoin Mining Seen Hurt Following Energy Riots, Internet Shutdown
Protesters stormed public buildings on Wednesday, which was followed by the announcement of a possible dissolution of parliament.
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Jan 5, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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ASIC Maker Canaan Signs Multiple Deals for Expansion in Kazakhstan
Canaan had 10,300 AvalonMiner units in operation in Kazakhstan as of Dec. 31.
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Jan 4, 2022 at 12:06 p.m. UTC
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Kazakhstan Piloting a CBDC on R3′s Corda Platform
The country’s central bank is expanding the pilot of a digital tenge and will decide if it wants to launch the token by the end of 2022.
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Dec 16, 2021 at 8:39 p.m. UTC
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Miners Look Away From Kazakhstan for Growth Opportunities
Relationships between the government and miners have turned sour as electricity shortages persist.
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Dec 10, 2021 at 6:09 a.m. UTC
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Bitmain-Backed BitFuFu Abandons Mining Rigs In Kazakhstan Due to Power Rationing
The company has shipped new machines to the U.S. to make up for the lost hashrate.
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Dec 2, 2021 at 9:15 a.m. UTC
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Crypto Miner Xive Shuts Down South Kazakhstan Mine Due to Electricity Woes
Mining in south Kazakhstan is no longer possible, Xive co-founder Didar Bekbau said.
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Nov 24, 2021 at 5:48 a.m. UTC
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ASIC Maker Canaan Delivers 2,000 Mining Rigs to Kazakhstan
Canaan plans to deploy 850,000 TH/s in the near term.
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Nov 22, 2021 at 10:24 a.m. UTC
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