{"id":128546,"date":"2025-03-04T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T11:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128546\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-wants-to-mine-cryptocurrency-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128546\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka wants to mine cryptocurrency in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 4,<\/strong> Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed Energy Minister Alaksiej Ku\u0161narenka to develop cryptocurrency mining in Belarus following the US President Donald Trump’s announcement of plans to create a strategic crypto reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook at this mining thing. More and more people are approaching me. If it is profitable, let’s do it,\u201d the Belarusian ruler’s press office quoted him as saying. “We have a surplus of electricity. Let them produce this cryptocurrency and whatever. You see where the world is heading and especially its largest economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, maybe we could do it too. We attract some investors, sell them electricity. . . but we can do it ourselves. There are such proposals. I think you’ll get over this red tape and report on what should be done,\u201d he told Ku\u0161narenka, noting that demand for cryptocurrency will grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, \u0141uka\u0161enka banned the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies outside Belarusian cryptocurrency exchanges. Recently, he claimed that Belarus was developing its cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regime opponents use cryptocurrencies to donate to solidarity foundations and Ukrainian military units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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