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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Russia banned crypto mining across the Moscow region until 2032 citing power-grid strain, removing one of the country's densest demand centers and treating mining as a curtailable load — directly confirming the thesis that electricity policy, not regulation, is becoming the binding constraint that redraws mining geography.
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Supporting · August 2, 2026
Russia Bans Crypto Mining in Moscow Region Until 2032, Citing Power-Grid Strain
Russia banned crypto mining across the Moscow region until 2032 citing power-grid strain, removing one of the country's densest demand centers and treating mining as a curtailable load — directly confirming the thesis that electricity policy, not regulation, is becoming the binding constraint that redraws mining geography.
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