Cryptocurrencies
Crypto Mining Booms on Cheap, Subsidized Energy in Argentina
- Power subsidies, FX controls help miners turn outsize profits
- Canada’s Bitfarms takes notice, plans local mining operation
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Bitcoin miners in Argentina are capitalizing on the inefficiencies of the country’s interventionist economy to reap outsize returns, fueled by memories of currency busts and powered by government-subsidized electricity.