The reports cover developments including Russian crypto-asset holdings, Kazakhstan's mining power supply, California's Meme coin regulation, and Hong Kong regulatory cooperation.
Reports say that Kazakhstan is developing a mechanism allowing companies to use oil-field associated gas to power digital mining; industry insiders estimate that the gas could be converted into up to approximately 1.3 TWh of electricity.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy and other departments are formulating a legal framework that would allow mining companies to build their own power plants using oilfield associated gas to supply electricity for mining.
Cypherpunk Technologies appointed Nakamoto Chief Operating Officer Amanda Fabiano as a director; its subsidiary launched ZEC mining in August and incorporated its output into the treasury.
Paraguayan authorities reportedly cracked down on two illegal crypto-mining sites in Alto Paraná Department, seizing a total of 35 mining machines; the Chamber of Deputies requested that the National Electricity Administration report on industry electricity consumption, pricing, and regulation.