China’s Crackdown Hits Ethereum Hard As Authorities Shut Down Over 10,000 Min...
Ethereum is the most recent asset caught in the path of the bulldozing machine that is China’s crackdown on crypto and crypto-related activities. When the country had begun to crackdown on mining earlier in the year, much focus had been placed on bitcoin given that it was the most popular cryptocurrency in the market. And […]
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Beepool, the fourth largest Ethereum mining pool will shut down operations following Beijing’s anti crypto posture. BeePool, the fourth largest Ethereum mining pool, is closing amid China's crypto crackdown.The China-based Ethereum mining pool announced on Tuesday it will suspend operations "in response to the latest regulatory policies." Effective immediately, the registration of new users and the addition of sub-accounts for existing users will be discontinued, and all mining access servers are expected to stop operating by October 15.The announcement comes just a day after news broke....
Police in Malaysia have shut down a bitcoin mining operation and seized 1,720 bitcoin mining machines in a major electricity theft crackdown following public complaints. “Police inspected 75 premises around the district and 30 of them were found to be carrying out illegal bitcoin mining activities and stealing electricity.”
Malaysian Authorities Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Operation
Malaysian police have cracked down on a major electricity theft case involving bitcoin mining, local media reported. Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said at a press....
It's unclear if the shutdowns are due to orders passed down from above or the result of China's announced regulatory crackdown on crypto miners. Reports alleged that cryptocurrency miners in China’s Yunnan province may be out of commission for a day if not longer due to the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebration this week.According to Kevin Zhang, the vice president of mining infrastructure company Foundry Services, all major Bitcoin (BTC) mining farms in Yunnan have been shut down as of today. Zhang said he personally knew of at least two crypto mining sites in the....
Bitcoin’s hashrate plummets to roughly 91 EH/s as Sichuan miners close up shop. Bitcoin’s hashrate has fallen to its lowest levels since early November as mining operations in China start unplugging.Bitcoin’s network hashrate, a measure of its computational horsepower, has slumped 46% since its peak level in mid-May. According to Bitinfocharts, Bitcoin hashrate is currently 91.2 EH/s (quintillion hashes per second), close to half of its 171.4 EH/s high posted less than six weeks ago.Bitinfocharts has also reported a drop in mining profitability from a peak of $0.449 USD per day per....