China became a hub of Bitcoin mining in part because of cheap hydropower there, but power authorities there also moved to cut off supplies to
cryptocurrency operations last November.
Not exact matches
Last month, a governmental taskforce on internet finance asked local authorities to assist in shutting down
operations that produce
cryptocurrencies.
He also pledged that Chinese authorities would continue to apply pressure to the trade of digital assets, which was significantly ratcheted up
last year with bans on token offerings, colloquially known as ICOs, and on
cryptocurrency exchanges, which had to either cease or dramatically reconfigure their
operations, or move abroad.
Earlier this month, the FSA halted
operations at two
cryptocurrency exchanges (Eternal Link and FSHO) and issued a business improvement order to a third exchange called
Last Roots.
BitConnect, one of the most talked about player in the
cryptocurrency market
last year has shut down its lending
operations and will be closing the BitConnect Coin exchange platform in five...
In a move that could have implications for the future of
cryptocurrency exchanges, major
cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced
last week that it would be expanding its
operations to Malta.
Last month, then - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked Gemini and 12 other
cryptocurrency trading platforms to provide details about their
operations and safety measures.
PLATTSBURGH The Plattsburgh Common Council
last Thursday passed a moratorium that will temporarily halt new commercial
cryptocurrency operations from moving into the city for the next 18 months.
Much like the City of Plattsburgh, whose Common Council
last month imposed a moratorium on new commercial
cryptocurrency mining
operations due to concerns over energy consumption and fire suppression, the Village of Rouses Point is allocated a comparatively small amount of cheap hydropower each month, around 13,844 kilowatts.
Last week, the head of Kaliningrad Region Development Corporation, Vladimir Zarudny, talked about attracting
cryptocurrency mining
operations to Kaliningrad.
During August of
last year, Turkey's sole bitcoin exchange, BTCturk, announced that it would cease
operations due to its inability to find a banking partner — suggesting that despite bitcoin's legal status within Turkey, domestic financial institutions are hesitant to partner with
cryptocurrency businesses.
The department has placed particular scrutiny on
cryptocurrency exchanges that were formerly headquartered in mainland China but relocated their
operations in response to the fiat - to -
cryptocurrency trading ban, which was put in force by the People's Bank of China (PBoC)
last September.
Just
last week the PBOC revealed it will be taking further action against
cryptocurrency operations including multi-level-marketing schemes.
According to the report, among the total 32
cryptocurrency exchanges, Coincheck is currently one of the 16 platforms that are not formally registered with the FSA because the
operation started before the
cryptocurrency law went into effect
last April in Japan.
Even though China has taken a firm stand against
cryptocurrencies, banning ICOs and the
operation of crypto exchanges in the country
last September, it is reportedly developing its own sovereign
cryptocurrency.
In its ICO
last month, TenX raised $ 80 million worth of Ethereum with about half to be used to expand
operations while the rest will provide liquidity for a
cryptocurrency exchange in the works.