{"id":41033,"date":"2021-05-24T13:57:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/32311\/China-Crypto-Mining-Business-Hit-By-Beijing-Crackdown-Bitcoin-Tumbles.html"},"modified":"2021-05-24T13:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:57:35","slug":"china-crypto-mining-business-hit-by-beijing-crackdown-bitcoin-tumbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/china-crypto-mining-business-hit-by-beijing-crackdown-bitcoin-tumbles\/","title":{"rendered":"China Crypto Mining Business Hit By Beijing Crackdown, Bitcoin Tumbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/hF0xlR-ZTNCwXlpIA45s-ztk55g=\/1200x628\/smart\/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com\/reuters\/UA22NNPAJFNCNIQFFOBNYHQKJI.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"primary-image-caption\" data-testid=\"primary-image-caption\">Representations of the virtual currency Bitcoin and Ethereum stand on a motherboard in this picture illustration taken May 20, 2021. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration<\/p>\n<div readability=\"129.09492332099\">\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Cryptocurrency miners, including HashCow and BTC.TOP, have halted all or part of their China operations after Beijing intensified a crackdown on bitcoin mining and trading, hammering digital currencies amid heightened global regulatory scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">A State Council committee led by Vice Premier Liu He announced the crackdown late on Friday as part of efforts to fend off financial risks. It was the first time China&#8217;s cabinet has targeted virtual currency mining, a sizable business in the world&#8217;s second-biggest economy that some estimates say accounts for as much as 70% of the global crypto supply. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/china-says-it-will-crack-down-bitcoin-mining-trading-activities-2021-05-21\/\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi on Monday suspended both crypto-mining and some trading services to new clients from mainland China, adding it will instead focus on overseas businesses.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">BTC.TOP, a crypto mining pool, also announced the suspension of its China business citing regulatory risks, while crypto miner HashCow said it would halt buying new bitcoin mining rigs.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Crypto miners use increasingly powerful, specially-designed computer equipment, or rigs, to verify virtual coin transactions in a process which produces newly minted crypto currencies such as bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">&#8220;Crypto mining consumes a lot of energy, which runs counter to China&#8217;s carbon neutrality goals,&#8221; said Chen Jiahe, chief investment officer of Beijing-based family office Novem Arcae Technologies.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The crackdown is also part of China&#8217;s stepped-up drive to curb speculative crypto trading, he added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Bitcoin took a beating after the latest Chinese move, and is now down nearly 50% from it&#8217;s all-time high. It shed as much as 17% on Sunday, before paring some losses and was last trading steady in Asia. Elsewhere, Ether fell to a two-month low on Sunday, down 60% from a record peak hit just 12 days ago,<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Investor protection and money laundering are particular concerns of global financial regulators who are grappling with whether and how they should regulate the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-9\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The latest shakeout in digital currencies also stems from tighter scrutiny in the United States. Last Thursday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said they pose risks to financial stability, and indicating that greater regulation of the increasingly popular electronic currency may be warranted.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/fed-citing-crypto-risk-open-digital-currency-debate-this-summer-2021-05-20\/\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-10\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">&#8220;Huobi always strives to abide by the evolving policies and regulations of each jurisdiction,&#8221; Huobi said in a statement to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-11\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">BTC.TOP founder Jiang Zhuoer said in a micro blog post via Weibo that its mining business will no longer be open to mainland China, while HashCow said it would suspend new businesses in China in a notice to clients. BTC.TOP and HashCow could not be immediately reached for comment<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-12\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">DIRTY BUSINESS<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-13\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">The annual energy consumption of China&#8217;s cryptocurrency miners is expected to peak in 2024 at about 297 terawatt-hours, greater than all the power consumption by Italy in 2016, according to a study recently published in scientific journal Nature Communications.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-14\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-15\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">China has already lost its position as a global cryptocurrency trading centre after Beijing banned crypto exchanges in 2017.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-16\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">&#8220;Eventually, China will lose crypto computing power to foreign markets as well,&#8221; BTC.TOP founder Jiang wrote, predicting the rise of U.S. and European mining pools.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-17\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">Chen of Novem Arcae said the crypto craze, if not curbed, could turn into froth similar to the Dutch tulipmania in the 17th century &#8211; often regarded as the first financial bubble in recorded history.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-18\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">&#8220;The only difference is that after the tulip bubble burst, there were still some beautiful flowers left,&#8221; Chen said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-19\" class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\">&#8220;But when the virtual currency bubble bursts, what would be left are merely some computer codes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- 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