Whinstone CEO Chad Harris poses for a portrait in a room with Bitcoin mining machines during a tour at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas. — AFP
The long sheds at North America's largest bitcoin mine look endless in the Texas sun, packed with the type of machines that have helped the United States to become the new global hub for the digital currency.
The operation in the quiet town of Rockdale was part of an already bustling US business – now boosted by Beijing's intensified crypto crackdown that has pushed the industry west.
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