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China's Anhui Province to Ban Bitcoin Mining

Wed, 07/14/2021 - 04:24
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Alex Dovbnya
Anhui has become the latest Chinese province to ban crypto mining
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China's Anhui province will shut down all cryptocurrency mining projects, according to state media outlet Global Times. 

It will also control other energy-intensive projects to tighten the power supply. 

Anhui has joined a slew of other Chinese provinces that have already clamped down on the mining sector. 

As reported by U.Today, all mining farms in China’s most southwestern province Yunnan got shut down in early June on the verge of the Communist Party of China’s 100th anniversary.   

Prior to that, Xinjiang, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia, the three biggest mining hubs in China that had a tremendous influence on the industry in general, also forced miners to switch off their equipment together with northwestern Qinghai. 

It has been estimated that nearly 90 percent of crypto mining projects have been shut down in the country.

The State Grid Corporation of China recently ordered all parts of the country to terminate crypto mining, according to Chinese cryptocurrency blogger Colin Wu. 

As reported by U.Today, the exodus of Chinese miners made Bitcoin’s global hashrate briefly drop to the lowest level since July 2019.      

On July 2, the Bitcoin network also recorded a record-breaking negative mining difficulty adjustment of 27.94 percent. In roughly four days from now, the difficulty is expected to drop by yet another 11.23 percent, meaning that it will become even easier to mine the largest cryptocurrency.

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The U.S. emerges as a new mining hub

With Chinese miners trying to relocate to other jurisdictions after being pushed out of the country, Foundry USA has now become the fourth-biggest mining pool with an 11.5 percent share of the global hashrate.

However, Chinese mining pools (F2Pool, ViaBTC, and AntPool) are still at the top, which is why it would be premature to view the U.S. as the next Bitcoin mining mecca.

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Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping the future of digital assets, can be contacted at alex.dovbnya@u.today.