比特幣挖礦公司加速撤離中國，但光是搬家成本就高達數百萬美元

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據《華爾街日報》 8 月 22 日報導，今年夏初，中國鄭重宣佈要嚴打加密貨幣挖礦行為，在納斯達克上市的加密貨幣公司正加速行動，將 2 萬多台電腦搬離中國。

報導稱，以比特數位為首，及其他加密貨幣挖礦公司現在面臨很多難關，因為它們要將機器移出一個先前佔了全球比特幣挖礦能耗中佔三分之二的國家。

這些礦機一旦受到搖晃就有損壞的可能，因此包裝和國際運輸就成了一項艱巨的任務。一台此類新礦機的價格大約是 1.2 萬美元。

整個挖礦公司搬遷的過程，初步估計可能需要數百萬美元的成本。而最近數月，由於石油價格上漲，加上新冠疫情導致的運輸不暢，因此運輸成本暴漲。電腦從中國進入美國，還要交 25% 的關稅。除了謹慎解決電腦的包裝和運輸問題，公司還必須找到具備充足電力的設施放置這些電腦。

雖然類似比特數位這樣的公司先前已經預料到了中國可能會嚴厲打擊挖礦行為，因此去年底就開始搬遷機器，但北京 5 月份宣佈的決定以及地方政府隨後的相應措施仍然令其他公司措手不及。

報導指出，北京的最新嚴打措施引發了有人稱為「挖礦大遷徙」的結果，而這項措施的背景是：中國政府定下了雄心勃勃的目標，要減少煤炭消耗量，塑造中國氣候捍衛者的形象。

除了可以搬去美國，中國的加密貨幣挖礦公司也在將電腦搬至哈薩克和俄羅斯這樣的國家。已在中國長期運營的幣印礦池副總裁亞歷杭德羅‧德拉托爾說，他一直在尋找美國的選址，想把部分礦機從中國搬到美國，建一個大型挖礦中心。

Technical Analyst Expects Bitcoin Bull Market Will Peak In October, Predicts Altcoins Will Triple If BTC Hits $100K

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What Happened: Kevin Wadsworth, technical analyst and co-founder of Northstar & Badcharts, has predicted this Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bull market will reach its peak in October.

In an interview with Kitco News on Monday, Wadsworth said he believes that the crypto bull market will likely conclude before the end of the year.

“All the crypto charts I’ve been drawing and looking at vary a little bit in timing between the third week of September and some of them perhaps into mid-October or even late October, so there’s this sort of four-week window there between late September and late October where I’d be looking for the crypto bull market to reach its peak," he said.

Part of this belief comes from the Bitcoin dominance chart, which Wadsworth believes gives a “two-week warning” to signal the end of the bull market.

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“With Bitcoin, perhaps my target is somewhere close to $100,000. Anything above that is a huge bonus,” he said.

“If we get to a $100,000 from here, which would be roughly a double, then I’d expect the altcoins, Ethereum and the rest, to triple, quadruple, and some of them even more than that.”

Price Action: Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin has consolidated between $47,000 and $50,000.

The leading digital asset lost 1.13% over the past 24-hours and was trading at a price of $47,320 at the time of writing.

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) has gained 40% month-to-date.

At press time, the leading altcoin was trading at a price of $3,377, gaining 6.31% over the past 24-hours.

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Shares of crypto-related stocks, including Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA), Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT) and Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) are trading higher amid an increase in the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH).

Bitcoin is trading higher by 3.7% at $48,800.

Ethereum is trading higher by 7.5% at $3,700.

Marathon Digital focuses on mining digital assets. It owns crypto-currency mining machines and a data center to mine digital assets. The company operates in the digital currency blockchain segment and its cryptocurrency machines are located in Canada.

Marathon Digital is trading higher by 5.1% at $42.65.

Riot Blockchain is focused on building, supporting and operating blockchain technologies. The company’s portfolio consists of Verady, Tesspay, Coinsquare and others.

Riot Blockchain is trading higher by 2.2% at $38.13.

Coinbase is a provider of end-to-end financial infrastructure and technology for the crypto-economy.

Coinbase is trading higher by 4.3% at $270.20.

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