សមាជិកសភាប៉ារ៉ាហ្គាយបានពិភាក្សាយ៉ាងក្តៅគគុក 'ច្បាប់គ្រីបតូ'

Paraguay’s plans to regulate the crypto mining industry have come to a screeching halt after lawmakers nixed the country’s “Crypto Law” on Monday. 

The bill, which was set to create a tax and regulatory framework for crypto mining in the country, was yesterday shelved by politicians after months of toing and froing. It had already been វេតូ in August when President Mario Abdo Benitez claimed រុករករ៉ែ Bitcoin used too much energy and brought small employment benefits to the country. 

Lawmakers then បានបដិសេធ the president’s veto in a move that made it look like senators were on the way to regulating the industry—which operates in a legal gray area in the Latin American nation. 

Though on Monday, Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies (lower house) voted against putting it through—archiving the bill. 

The proposed legislation—drafted last year by Congressman Carlos Rejala and Senator Fernando Silva Facetti—wanted to cap electricity rates for mining operations and tax the industry. 

Paraguay is attractive to Bitcoin miners because of its cheap electricity—which is needed in abundance to keep the network running. But despite the shelving of the bill, some in the country’s blockchain space were happy with the result. 

“From the Blockchain Association of Paraguay we were pleasantly surprised by the acceptance of the veto,” Luis Benitez, secretary of the organization បានប្រាប់ ឌិគ្រីប, adding that “finally sanity prevailed.”

He said that the crypto community was working hard to educate legislators and give them a better idea of how the industry should be regulated in the country so a better bill could be drafted. 

Big companies are looking to the South American country to set up shop: Canadian mining giant Bitfarms last year បានប្រកាស វាត្រូវបានពង្រីកទៅប្រទេសក្នុងកិច្ចសន្យាជួលរយៈពេលប្រាំឆ្នាំ ជាមួយនឹងកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងទិញថាមពលកកើតឡើងវិញប្រចាំឆ្នាំ ដើម្បីទទួលបានថាមពលវារីអគ្គិសនីបៃតងចំនួន 10 មេហ្គាវ៉ាត់។

ឌិគ្រីប reached out to Bitfarms to ask how the news of the scrapped law affected their plans but did not receive an immediate response.