Individual and corporate miners exploit cheap electricity and a data-centre boom in some energy-rich provinces, miners and industry data say.

Bitcoin mining is quietly staging a comeback in China despite being banned four years ago, as individual and corporate miners exploit cheap electricity and a data-centre boom in some energy-rich provinces, according to miners and industry data. China had been the world’s biggest crypto mining country until Beijing banned all cryptocurrency trading and mining in 2021, citing threats to the country’s financial stability and energy conservation. After its global bitcoin mining market share slumped…

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