The president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, raised the opportunity yesterday that the Eastern European country could begin to my cryptocurrencies.
“Look at this mining. More and more people are turning to me. If it’s profitable for us, let’s do it. We have excess electricity. Let them do this cryptocurrency and so on,” Lukashenko told Alexei Kushnarenko, the nation’s new energy minister, according to the Belarian media exit.
The news comes as the US government is studying the opportunity to create a national strategic cryptor reserve that may include cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (Sun), Ripple (XRP) and Cardano (ADA).
Lukashenko mentioned the White House Interest in Krypto. “You see the way the world goes. And especially the greatest economy in the world. They announced yesterday that they will keep [a crypto] Reserve, ”he said.
“That’s why there will be demand for them. Well, maybe we should do it ourselves,” Lukashenko said.
Belarus would not be the first nation that mines cryptocurrencies. The Kingdom has Bhutan with its abundance of hydropower already more than 100 megawatts (MW) operational Bitcoin mining infrastructure and is set to get another 500 MW worth of power online. The country currently has $ 950 million in Bitcoin, according to Arkham Intelligence
El Salvador, on his part, uses geothermal energy to my bitcoin, though in smaller quantities.
Disclaimer: The information in this article was translated using Google Translate from a foreign language source.
