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Bitcoin's global hashrate tumbles after Kazakhstan shuts off country's internet

TechSpot

Research by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance last year showed that Kazakhstan had become the second-largest center for Bitcoin mining after China clamped down hard on the industry. The country was responsible for 18% of all Bitcoin mining as of August—that figure stood at 8% before China started hammering.

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Chinese luxury EV brand Zeekr continues global push into Kazakhstan

TechCrunch

Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand under China’s Geely Automobile Holdings, says it will launch its Zeekr 001 shooting brake and Zeekr X SUV in Kazakhstan by the fourth quarter of 2023. Kazakhstan, a key market in Central Asia, marks Zeekr’s third geographic expansion announcement in recent months.

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Li Auto says it will push for “major overseas growth” this year

TechNode

Global growth is among the key pillars underpinning the electric vehicle makers goals of maintaining sales momentum in 2025, chief executive Li Xiang told investors on March 14.

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DJI suspends sales in Russia and Ukraine to prevent the use of its drones in combat

TechSpot

Ride-hailing company Didi Global had announced it was pulling out of Russia and Kazakhstan in February but changed its mind following pressure from social media users in China accusing it of succumbing to. Reuters reports that DJI has become the first major Chinese firm to pull its products from Russia.

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Astroscale successfully demos in-space capture-and-release system to clear orbital debris

TechCrunch

The demonstrator package, which was sent up on a Soyuz rocket that launched from Kazakhstan, included two separate spacecraft: a “servicer” designed to remove space junk, and a “client” that poses as said space junk. Astroscale launches its ELSA-d orbital debris removal satellite.

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Borat will do a very nice stream on Twitch with DrLupo

The Verge

A Twitch spokesperson wasn’t able to share anything about what game the two will be playing — though the company’s tweet about the upcoming stream says that Cohen’s character will be playing against Lupo in “a battle for global supremacy.” For the first time ever, Kazakhstan's biggest gamer will go live on Twitch.

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What we know about China’s cryptocurrency crackdown

The Verge

Xinjiang’s massive role in global crypto mining was driven home in April 2021 when a single coal plant in the region flooded and shut down for a weekend, reportedly reducing worldwide Bitcoin mining capacity by around 35 percent. Graph: University of Cambridge. The top three mining regions have started to turn the screws on miners.