Morning Edition · Sunday, August 2, 2026Published at 1:31 AM EDT · New York
Russia Bans Crypto Mining in Moscow Region Until 2032, Citing Power-Grid Strain
The prohibition removes one of the country's densest demand centers from bitcoin mining and reframes electricity, not regulation, as the binding constraint on the industry.
Russia has banned cryptocurrency mining in Moscow and surrounding regions until 2032, with authorities citing an electricity grid that cannot absorb the additional demand. Watcher Guru reported the same prohibition, extending it across the…
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Energy Rationing Redraws the Mining Map
As electricity-constrained states treat crypto mining as an interruptible load to curtail, hash rate keeps migrating toward jurisdictions with genuine power surpluses, making energy policy the decisive input to mining geography.
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