
Kazakhstan
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11 January, 2022
Deadly protests in Kazakhstan lead to 5-day Internet outage, BTC hash rate drops 13%
Kazakhstan has been experiencing its deadliest protests ever with over 160 dead, and BTC hash rate took a nosedive after...
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24 December, 2021
Kazakhstan central bank reveals digital tenge pilot results
The National Bank of Kazakhstan plans to set up a retail digital currency on a distributed ledger technology, and is...
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16 December, 2021
Kazakhstan completes CBDC prototype, but has yet to decide if there’s need for digital tenge
The Kazakh central bank worked with local banks and international partners on the prototype, but it will decide on the...
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6 December, 2021
Xive shuts down facility in South Kazakhstan due to electricity crisis
Kazakhstan has been struggling with electricity shortage following the influx of block reward miners from China, forcing some miners to...
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24 November, 2021
Block reward miners are eating up Kazakhstan’s electricity
The boom on block reward mining in Kazakhstan comes after the mass exodus of miners from China's crackdown, forcing the...
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13 November, 2021
Kazakhstan gov’t will not restrict power to legal miners
In a meeting with all stakeholders in the industry, the energy minister said that the government won’t interrupt power supply...