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Naubet Bisenov

Naubet Bisenov is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. With a background in science, he started working in journalism in 2000 and has since freelanced for various media organisations, including the BBC, bne IntelliNews, Nikkei Asia and Bloomberg News.

Bitcoin mining machines in a warehouse.

Reports 21 December 2022

Crypto miners and traders are closing up shop across Asia

From Jakarta to Kazakhstan, the picture is bleak. “We will sell our graphics-processing units to gamers,” says one crypto miner.

Reports 13 March 2022

“It’s a mess”: How crypto mining went from boom to bust in Kazakhstan

Bitcoin fugitives from China made the country a crypto power. Now, they’re being forced to flee — again.

News 26 January 2022

Kazakhstan’s protests vanished from view in an internet blackout. Now the race is on to gather digital evidence

“There are always going to be ways for people to get data out.”