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Amid Risk of Power Deficit, Ukraine Shuts Down Another Crypto Farm

3.11.2021
With а growing threat of electricity shortages in the winter months, Ukraine has busted another large coin minting facility illegally drawing power from the grid. The country’s security agency announced it’s stepping up efforts to ensure the nation’s energy system...

Abkhazia Seizes 6,000 Mining Devices but Fails to Disrupt Crypto Mining

26.9.2021
Authorities in Abkhazia have confiscated thousands of mining machines, closing down all large crypto farms, yet they have admittedly failed to put an end to illegal mining operations. The breakaway republic of Georgia has been struggling with power shortages blamed on underground miners. 30,000...

China Goes After Camouflaged Crypto Miners Ahead of Winter Season

16.9.2021
y forces are now targeting those miners who claimed to be data researchers and storage facilities. Illegal mining activity has been discovered in colleges, research institutions, and data centers in several provinces. While some miners left the country since the beginning of the crackdow

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

11.9.2021
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 mining facilities, seizing an enormous amount of coin-minting machines. Power...

Ukraine Uncovers Country’s Largest Illegal Mining Farm to Date

10.7.2021
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has located a massive coin minting facility that was illegally connected to the power grid in Vinnytsia. Law enforcement officials claim it’s the largest underground crypto mining farm they have found so far. Ukraine Seizes Thousands of Video Game...

Ukraine Shuts Down Illegal Mining Farm With 150 Rigs

3.7.2021
Law enforcement officials in Ukraine have closed down a cryptocurrency mining farm that was minting digital coins using stolen electricity. The facility had more than 150 mining rigs that have been confiscated during a raid in Chernihiv region. Authorities in Ukraine Seize Over 150 ASICs From...

Iran Seizes 7,000 Bitcoin Mining Machines

22.6.2021
Iranian police have reportedly seized 7,000 bitcoin mining machines operating illegally in the country. The machines were found in an abandoned factory west of the capital. 7,000 cryptocurrency mining machines have been seized by Iranian authorities, state news agency IRNA reported Tuesday, noting...

Kyrgyzstan Seizes 2,000 Cryptocurrency Mining Devices

28.5.2021
Law enforcement authorities in Kyrgyzstan have confiscated thousands of crypto mining machines as part of a new offensive against illegal cryptocurrency mining in the country. Investigators have also identified industrial enterprises that have been supplying the bitcoin farms with electricity....

From Booze to Bitcoin Mining – Why Violent Prohibition Is Always Harmful

6.8.2019
Stories continue to emerge about newly discovered illegal mining operations being busted by state and corporate authorities. Just last week Iranian media reported the seizure of 177 Bitcoin mining units worth over $270,000 being smuggled via truck in the Arak region. On July 31, Russia’s...

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