Libya’s Crypto Crackdown: The Rise and Fall of a Subsidized Mining Hub
In November 2025, a Libyan court sentenced nine individuals to three years in prison for operating a clandestine Bitcoin mining farm within a steel factory in Zliten. This ruling is the latest move in a massive national crackdown on an industry that, despite Libya’s fragile infrastructure, once accounted for 0.6% of the global Bitcoin hash … Read more