Thank empty Chinese cities for bitcoin's rise
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Thank empty Chinese cities for bitcoin's rise

Much of bitcoin's mining effort comes from Chinese energy companies, who have nobody to supply power to in over-built ghost towns. CNBC's Eric Chemi reports.
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Tue, May 23 20172:55 PM EDT
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