The bitcoin mining hub has slowly been losing its dominance in the global hash market. Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin markets have had to deal with a swarm of bad news coming out of China. It started with rumors that miners in Sichuan had gone offline after the province limited energy-intensive industrial activities, such as Bitcoin mining. Then came a joint statement by three of China’s top financial self-regulatory organizations reminding the public of the country’s 2017 ban on crypto assets. Then it was reported that for the first time, the Chinese State Council, headed by President Xi Jinping’s top economic advisor, was cracking down on mining.