Bitcoin mining will not face a state crackdown in China, authorities have confirmed in new official documents.
As noted by Blockstream CSO Samson Mow and others on Nov. 6, mining no longer features on a list of industries Beijing considers undesirable.
The change came via a new edition of China's Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalog, which will take effect from the start of 2020.
"China's National Development and Reform Commission has removed #cryptocurrency mining from the list of industries they want to eliminate. Bullish for #Bitcoin," Mow commented.
A previous incarnation of the document earlier this year had conversely included Bitcoin mining as one of the government's targets.
The news marks a rare boon for Bitcoin-related activities in China, a country where cryptocurrency outside the control of the central bank remains all but banned.
The recent endorsement of blockchain technology from president Xi Jinping coincided with a dramatic rise in BTC/USD, after which local media cautioned on misinterpreting the remarks as supportive of crypto.
Following the most recent announcement little appeared to change on Bitcoin markets.
Mining has long formed a profitable industry in China, with cheap electricity meaning major participants still reside there.
Canaan Creative, one of the biggest Bitcoin mining rig manufacturers, will reportedly undergo a $400 million initial public offering, or IPO, later this month.
China Scraps Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Mining
gepubliceerd op Nov 6, 2019
by Cointele | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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