China

A number of provincial governments are offering lower rates to attract bitcoin miners and Labrador’s government is considering energy incentives to attract “outstanding requests for service” from bitcoin data processors.

Many Chinese cryptominers have migrated to places with cheap electricity and favorable policies as a result of the escalated government crackdown on cryptocurrency and its production process. Since late 2018, the oil-rich Middle East country of Iran has become a hotspot for Chinese miners.

China's state planning agency has added cryptocurrency mining to a list of industries it would like to eliminate. This may have dire consequences for the country's mining hardware giant Bitmain.

Cryptomining manufacturer Bitmain has revealed the release date for its next-generation Antminer S17 series, in time for the anticipated bull run leading up to next year's bitcoin "halving."

ASIC chip manufacturer Canaan Creative is closing the gap between itself and cryptocurrency mining industry leader Bitmain after a massive infusion of capital.

On February 22, 2019, Ebang reportedly announced this plan to expand dramatically throughout the fiscal year. Currently, Ebang is the third largest manufacturer of cryptomining equipment.

Chinese-based cryptomining firm Bitmain is shutting down the operations of Bitmaintech Israel

As part of its desire to forge deeper ties with the Chinese government, Huobi Group, the parent company of digital asset platform Huobi, has formed a Communist Party committee in China

The People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country.

Agents of the Indian government have met to formally discuss a possible ban on private cryptocurrency holdings in the nation.