Top Chinese Official Booted out For ‘Supporting Crypto Mining Activities’
A top Chinese regional official has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party – and may face heavy punishment for allegedly “supporting” crypto mining in exchange for bribes and sex. Per NBD and the China Daily, cha...
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
Per NBD and the China Daily, charges against the official, Xiao Yi, were leveled by the supervisory committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – the highest internal control body in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)....
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