Bitcoin can drop 50 per cent and China miners will still make money
Bitcoin mining is so profitable in China that the cryptocurrency could fall by half and miners would still make money, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Even at the country's highest regulated electricity tariff, miners can profit from bitcoin as long as it's worth more than $US6925 ($8844), BNEF analysts including Sophie Lu wrote in a report on Wednesday. The digital currency was last in that range back in mid-November and currently trades at about $US13,900.
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