Raksasa keuangan Jepang SBI Holdings telah menghentikan sebagian penambangan cryptocurrency di Rusia karena ketidakpastian geopolitik dan musim dingin crypto.
SBI Holdings menangguhkan operasi penambangan di wilayah Siberia yang kaya akan penambangan crypto Rusia, mengutip alasan seperti konflik Rusia-Ukraina dan pasar beruang yang sedang berlangsung, Bloombergdilaporkan pada hari Kamis.
Broker online Jepang menutup operasi penambangan Siberia tak lama setelah Rusia memulai intervensi militer di Ukraina pada 24 Februari, kata juru bicara perusahaan tersebut.
Penghentian tersebut berkontribusi pada bisnis aset kripto SBI yang melaporkan kerugian sebelum pajak sebesar 9,7 miliar yen ($71 juta) pada Q2 202. Akibatnya, grup yang didukung oleh Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group mencatat kerugian bersih sebesar 2,4 miliar yen ($17,5 juta). membukukan kerugian kuartalan pertamanya dalam satu dekade.
Laporan tentang penangguhan penambangan SBI di Siberia sesuai dengan informasi penambangan publik dari anak perusahaan penambangan kripto SBI, SBI Crypto. Menurut data dari penjelajah blockchain BTC.com, tingkat hash penambangan SBI Cryptoanjlok sekitar 40% dari 5.600 petahash per detik (PH/S) pada pertengahan Februari menjadi 3.300 PH/S pada 18 Agustus 2022.
Tingkat hash penambangan enam bulan SBI Crypto. Sumber: BTC.com
Setelah menutup beberapa operasi penambangan di Siberia, SBI dilaporkan masih menjalankan beberapa aktivitas penambangan di Rusia, menurut Bloomberg. Kepala keuangan SBI Hideyuki Katsuchi dilaporkan mengungkapkan rencana perusahaan untuk menjual perangkat keras penambangan crypto dan menarik diri sepenuhnya dari negara tersebut awal pekan ini.
SBI belum memutuskan kapan akan menyelesaikan penarikan dari Siberia, kata juru bicara SBI. Perusahaan tidak memiliki bisnis crypto lain di Rusia, dan berencana untuk tetap mengoperasikan unit perbankan komersial yang berbasis di Moskow, SBI Bank.
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Seperti yang dilaporkan sebelumnya, Rusia muncul sebagai salah satu negara penambangan crypto terbesar di dunia tahun lalu, menjadipenghasil tingkat hash BTC terbesar ketiga setelah Amerika Serikat dan Kazakhstan. Negara dengan cepat kehilangan kepemimpinan tingkat hashnyaChina kembali ke tiga negara pertambangan teratas pada awal 2022, sementara banyak penambang memilih untuk menghindari operasi di Rusia karena ketidakpastian geopolitik.
Pada April 2022, theDepartemen Keuangan A.S. menjatuhkan sanksi pada BitRiver , penyedia pusat data crypto terbesar di Rusia yang terlibat dalamimpor utama perangkat penambangan kripto dari negara lain. Beberapa perusahaan pertambangan A.S. seperti Compass Mining kemudian berusaha melikuidasi perangkat keras penambangan kripto senilai $30 juta di Siberia untuk menghindari sanksi.
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