Law-enforcement authorities in Kazakhstan have uncovered a facility within the railway siding at Kundyzdy station where cryptocurrency-mining equipment was installed. Local media, citing police representatives, сообщают.
During the inspection, police found and confiscated 130 boxes of mining equipment.
An investigation is under way.
Earlier, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered to identify all mining farms and raise the tax on cryptocurrency mining.
Following a series of checks in the country, the activity of 106 mining enterprises was halted.
For an exclusive look at how Kazakhstan, once the Mecca of cryptocurrency mining, is rapidly losing miners, read our exclusive.
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