Tag: crypto farms

Iran Shuts Down More Illegal Crypto Farms, Bringing Total To Over 5,300

Authorities in Iran are continuing their crackdown on unauthorized cryptocurrency mining as electricity demand remains high. The country’s power utility company has so far closed down more than 5,300 illegal…

Lukashenko Urges Belarusians To Mine Cryptocurrency Rather Than Pick Strawberries Abroad

President Alexander Lukashenko has advised workers to stay in their home country instead of emigrating to fill low-paid farming jobs in Poland and Germany. The Belarusian leader pointed to an…

Abkhazia Shuts Down 2 Crypto Farms, Seizes Mining Hardware

Authorities in Abkhazia have closed down two crypto mining farms that have been illegally connected to the power grid. The facilities were minting digital coins in violation of a mining…

China’s Anhui Province To Shut Down Crypto Farms As Grid Operator Issues Closure Notice, Reports

Anhui has reportedly become China’s latest region planning to end cryptocurrency mining. The province is going to shut down all mining facilities due to power supply shortages, according to local…

Iran Counts 30 Crypto Mining Farms Licensed To Mint Digital Currencies

Iranian authorities have so far authorized 30 facilities for cryptocurrency mining. The crypto mining farms are spread across several regions, including Tehran Province. The government has put out the data…

Abkhazia Shuts Down 8 Crypto Farms Amid Ongoing Crackdown On Mining

Authorities in Abkhazia, the partially recognized South Caucasus republic, have discovered and closed down eight crypto mining farms in just two weeks. Since the beginning of June, law enforcement agents…