Cryptocurrencies
China Region Declares War on Crypto Mining, Stirring Wider Fear
- Inner Mongolia plans to shut all such operations by April
- Nation is home to some of the world’s biggest crypto miners
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China’s Inner Mongolia has banned cryptocurrency mining and declared it will shut all such projects by April, spurring fears the world’s No. 2 economy will take more steps to eradicate the power-hungry practice.