China is kicking out more than half the world’s bitcoin miners
China has long been home to more than half the world’s bitcoin miners, but now, Beijing wants them out ASAP. In May, the government called for a severe crackdown on bitcoin mining and trading, setting off what’s being dubbed in crypto circles as “the great mining migration.” This exodus is underway now, and it could be a game changer for Texas.
Despite a lack of reserves that caused dayslong blackouts last winter, Texas often has some of the world’s lowest energy prices, and its share of renewables is growing over time, with 20% of its power coming from wind as of 2019. It has a deregulated power grid that lets customers choose between power providers, and crucially, its political leaders are very pro-crypto – dream conditions for a miner looking for a kind welcome and cheap energy sources.
“You are going to see a dramatic shift over the next few months,” said Brandon Arvanaghi, previously a security engineer at crypto exchange Gemini. “We have governors like Greg Abbott in Texas who are promoting mining. It is going to become a real industry in the United States, which is going to be incredible.”
2021 data for the global distribution of mining power is not yet available, but past estimates have shown that 65% to 75% of the world’s bitcoin mining happened in China – mostly in four Chinese provinces: Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Yunnan. Sichuan and Yunnan’s hydropower make them renewable energy meccas, while Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia are home to many of China’s coal plants.
JPMorgan says there’s weak bitcoin demand from big investors, crypto bear market could be on the way. The way this exodus is measured is by looking at hashrate, an industry term used to describe the computing power of all miners in the bitcoin network. “Given the drop in hashrate, it appears likely that installations are being turned off throughout the country,” continued Carter, who also thinks that probably 50% to 60% of bitcoin’s entire hashrate will ultimately leave China.
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| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 60% | 84 | $22 734.84 | -4.21% | -0.77% | $438 267 091 241 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 61.2% | 84 | $1 551.77 | -5.32% | -4.66% | $189 896 701 242 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 92% | 1 | $1.000115 | -0.01% | 0% | $67 783 850 064 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 67.2% | 66 | $304.94 | -4.03% | -0.33% | $48 150 478 523 |  |
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| 5 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 94.4% | 1 | $1.000034 | 0% | -0.02% | $42 771 015 068 |  |
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| 6 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 65.6% | 68 | $0.394979 | -4.53% | -7.82% | $20 066 373 720 |  |
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| 7 |  BUSD |
Binance USD predictions | 93.6% | 1 | $1.000427 | 0.05% | -0.04% | $15 382 568 581 |  |
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| 8 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 66.4% | 76 | $0.370680 | -6.12% | -1.21% | $12 823 171 668 |  |
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| 9 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 68.4% | 68 | $0.087241 | -2.94% | -1.17% | $11 574 368 244 |  |
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| 10 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 11 |  MATIC |
Polygon predictions | 61.2% | 77 | $1.076001 | -8.14% | 8.30% | $9 398 132 735 |  |
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| 12 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 59.2% | 91 | $23.57 | -9.85% | -2.79% | $8 759 130 586 |  |
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| 13 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 61.6% | 85 | $6.13 | -7.28% | -8.05% | $7 066 700 928 |  |
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| 14 |  LTC |
Litecoin predictions | 69.6% | 63 | $89.89 | -6.90% | 0.09% | $6 487 767 280 |  |
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| 15 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 59.6% | 81 | $20.08 | -3.59% | 13.31% | $6 320 011 339 |  |
