Kazakhstan to introduce new energy fees for crypto miners in 2022

Cointelegraph

Published Jul 01, 2021 06:57AM ET

Updated Jul 01, 2021 09:20AM ET

As Kazakhstan becomes increasingly popular for cryptocurrency mining, the country’s president has signed a new law introducing an extra levy for crypto miners.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev recently signed last a new law that imposes an additional tax fee for energy utilized by crypto miners operating in the country. The new fees will take effect starting in January 2022.

Bitcoin hash rate by country. Source: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index

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