{"id":28717,"date":"2022-01-06T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28717"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:07:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:07:30","slug":"finance-minister-defends-governments-decision-banning-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/finance-minister-defends-governments-decision-banning-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance minister defends government\u2019s decision to ban mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finance minister Hekuran Murati said that the decision to ban the mining of cryptocurrencies was the right one considering the ongoing energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>While presenting the annual report of Kosovo Customs, Murati noted that the measures are necessary in order to avoid a heavier burden on citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be unfair if the state would subsidize some people\u2019s profits on the back of the others. That is why it was necessary to make that decision to temporarily restrict mining\u201d, declared Murati.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the government of Kosovo announced that competent authorities will enforce a ban on crypto mining as it is believed that the devices used to generate cryptocurrencies consume too much electricity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/01\/05\/experts-slam-governments-decision-banning-crypto-mining\/\">Experts slam government\u2019s decision banning crypto mining<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/01\/04\/student-explains-the-steps-behind-investments-with-cryptos\/\">Student explains steps behind investing in cryptos<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/01\/04\/kosovo-bans-cryptocurrency-mining-amid-ongoing-energy-crisis\/\">Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining amid ongoing energy crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance minister Hekuran Murati said that the decision to ban the mining of cryptocurrencies was the right one considering the ongoing energy crisis. While presenting the annual report of Kosovo Customs, Murati noted that the measures are necessary in order to avoid a heavier burden on citizens. \u201cIt would be unfair if the state would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finance minister defends government\u2019s decision to ban mining - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/finance-minister-defends-governments-decision-banning-mining\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finance minister defends government\u2019s decision to ban mining - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finance minister Hekuran Murati said that the decision to ban the mining of cryptocurrencies was the right one considering the ongoing energy crisis. 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