Chinese crypto miner BIT Mining ‘unlikely’ to flee Kazakhstan: Report

Chinese crypto miner BIT Mining ‘unlikely’ to flee Kazakhstan: Report

The crypto community reportedly expects Kazakhstan’s internet and mining industry to return to normal by next Monday. Despite major internet blackouts amid anti-government protests in Kazakhstan, some Bitcoin (BTC) miners operating in the country are not planning to leave the country just yet.BIT Mining, one of the largest BTC mining companies that relocated operations from China to Kazakhstan last year, is still evaluating the impact of political unrest in Kazakhstan, Chinese industry news agency 8btc reported Friday.“It is unlikely that our mining machines will be evacuated to North....


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