Not exact matches
China was said to be a dwelling to most of
cryptocurrency mining operations before Beijing
started discouraging it in 2017 as part of a huge crackdown on Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies though it is still unclear how much of
mining activity has moved offshore or been closed down.
This news closely followed the recent announcement from Russian Miner Coin (RMC) which plans to raise $ 100 million worth of
cryptocurrency and
start a large - scale bitcoin
mining operation to compete with China.
In the same way that traditional
mining expands, and is able to spend more on its infrastructure when the price is high,
cryptocurrency start - ups are realizing that while the profit remains as high as it does at the moment, there is a cushion which provides them with the flexibility to move their
operations and remain profitable.
Having successfully launched a Bitcoin exchange earlier this year, GMO is looking to dive into the deep end of the
cryptocurrency world and will
start a
mining operation in 2018 as well.