Iran seizes 7000 cryptocurrency computer miners

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Largest haul to date.

Iran seizes 7000 cryptocurrency computer miners
Iranian police have seized 7000 computer miners at an illegal cryptocurrency farm, their largest haul to date of the energy-guzzling machines that have exacerbated power outages in Iran, state media reported. In late May, Iran banned the mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin for nearly ...

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