Angolan lawmakers approved a proposal to ban and criminalize the mining of cryptocurrencies in the African nation, state-owned news agency Angop reports.
- The bill establishes a prison sentence of 1-5 years for anyone who is caught with a computer and other material for mining cryptocurrencies
- The ban aims to safeguard Angola’s national energy security
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