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 <p class="paragraph">Venezuela’s Ministry of Electric Power announced it would disconnect all cryptocurrency mining farms from the national power grid (SEN, Sistema Electrico Nacional). The measure aims to control the high energy demand from these mining farms and ensure reliable service for citizens.</p>
 <p class="paragraph"><em>AlbertoNews</em>, a local media outlet, reported the announcement on May 18.</p>
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  <p class="paragraph">“The purpose is to disconnect all <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="cryptocurrency" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/cryptocurrency.html">cryptocurrency</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="mining" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mining.html">mining</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="farms" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/farms.html">farms</a> in the country from the SEN [National Electrical System], avoiding the high impact on demand, which allows us to continue offering an efficient and reliable service to all the Venezuelan people,”</p> <cite>the Ministry reported in its account in Instagram.</cite>
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 <p class="paragraph">Notably, the announcement followed the seizure of 2,000 cryptocurrency mining machines in the country. This action is part of the government’s ongoing anti-corruption campaign. Leading to the arrests of several officials from state institutions.</p>
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 <p class="paragraph">The National Superintendency of Cryptoassets (Sunacrip) has been under a restructuring board since the arrest of Superintendent Joselit Ramírez. Ramírez has connections to Tareck El Aissami, former Petroleum Minister and former president of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).</p>
 <p class="paragraph">On that note, El Aissami was charged with treason, embezzlement, misuse of influence, money laundering, and criminal association.</p>
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 <p class="paragraph">Venezuela has faced an ongoing electricity crisis since 2009, worsened by massive blackouts in 2019 that left cities without power for up to seven days. Frequent power outages have negatively affected the country’s quality of life and economic activities.</p>
 <p class="paragraph">Therefore, Governor of Carabobo state, Rafael Lacava confirmed restrictions on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="cryptocurrency" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/cryptocurrency.html">cryptocurrency</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="mining" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mining.html">mining</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="farms" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/farms.html">farms</a> due to their significant electricity consumption. He urged residents to report illegal <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="cryptocurrency" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/cryptocurrency.html">cryptocurrency</a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="mining" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/mining.html">mining</a> operations to prevent power shortages.</p>
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  <p class="paragraph">“If you, neighbor, see a house that you know, tell that person to turn off the farm, or else report it, because when they turn off the light, because you have to give light to a man so that he can earn some reales (money), you are left without electrical service.”</p> <cite>– Rafael Lacava</cite>
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 <p class="paragraph">As reported by <em>AlbertoNews</em>, experts attribute the crisis to poor maintenance and inadequate investment in the power grid. Meanwhile, the government blames sabotage and has promised to modernize the state-controlled power network.</p>
 <p class="paragraph">Overall, Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency mining are known worldwide for their high energy consumption. Countries like China and Cazaquistan have banned the activity to preserve their power grids, centralizing mining in fewer locations.</p>
 <p class="paragraph">Therefore, the fewer countries allowing this activity, the higher the security concerns will be, as a few miners dominate block discovery.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/venezuela-to-shut-down-cryptocurrency-mining-farms-tbt88795.html">https://thebittimes.com/venezuela-to-shut-down-cryptocurrency-mining-farms-tbt88795.html</a></p>

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