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Pepenode’s presale just passed the $800K mark, following a surge in investor interest shortly after it started.

The project’s appeal comes from its mine-to-earn mechanics, which enable meme coin mining in a customized rig, but that’s not necessarily the innovative part.

The innovative part is that you get to craft your own rig yourself and customize its nodes for higher hashrate, energy, and rewards. It’s also quite advantageous that you don’t have to deal with high energy bills or need to upgrade your system to handle the higher mining throughput.

This makes Pepenode ($PEPENODE) extremely appetizing for investors who prefer to control the rewards they’re getting from a presale.

How Pepenode Changes the Way Crypto Mining Works

Crypto mining is a good way to boost your portfolio without investing in the assets themselves. Instead, you invest in building and refining your mining system to maximize output, lower energy costs, and decrease the wear on the mining rig itself.

Once you’ve figured those factors out, you’d have created a source of passive income.

Unfortunately, the mining business comes with severe limitations and problems which are baked into the system itself. These include the high costs associated with building the rig, the high electricity bills, and, last but not least, the lack of interactivity.

Pepenode addresses all these problems during its presale by turning mining into an engaging and rewarding activity with its mining simulator.

The process is simple: buy the nodes, build your virtual mining facility, upgrade it, and start earning.

The nodes are tiered, so you can upgrade them gradually to boost your facility’s mining output and energy efficiency.

Unlike traditional mining, Pepenode achieves two things: it makes crypto mining engaging and more accessible and drives investor engagement during presale.

You no longer need expensive, premium rigs, expertise, and extra capital to cover for the spicy electricity bills. Pepenode does everything for you, offering a sense of progression and rewarding proficient miners.

Pepenode is compatible with MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and WalletConnect and is currently only accessible via your web browser. The mobile version will release after the public launch.

The mining platform also has a detailed dashboard showcasing the most important stats like hashrate and rewards, allowing you to keep track of your progress and performance.

Pepenode offers plenty of incentive to join the presale early on, including higher staking rewards for holders (1,786% now) and additional rewards in meme coins and other bonuses for top-performing miners.

Pepenode Presale Numbers and Roadmap

The Pepenode ($PEPENODE) presale is at over $800K right now with a token price of $0.0010491 and it’s gaining traction fast.

If you want to join in, now’s the perfect time given the early incentives, including the staking APY of 1,786%, which will drop the more investors join the staking pool.

The four-phase roadmap details a long-term developmental phase, with the Virtual Mining Simulator going live in Phase 3.

Phase 4 is the real kicker, since it introduces meme coin rewards like $PEPE and $FARTCOIN and allows for a more expansive customization process to make your mining rig more effective.

The coming partnerships with influencers and other meme projects will also help increase visibility and potentially drive Pepenode into the mainstream.

Based on Pepenode presale’s growth rate and scope, our price prediction for $PEPENODE considers a price point of $0.0023 by the end of 2025. By 2030, the token could reach $0.0244 with sufficient community support and involvement.

Should You Buy $PEPENODE?

Whether or not you should invest in $PEPENODE depends on your risk tolerance and investment strategy. However, Pepenode shows great long-term potential thanks to its mining simulator, which keeps investors engaged and rewards their loyalty with actual meme coin drops.

If you want to invest, you can read how to buy $PEPENODE right here and finalize your transaction on the official presale page.

But remember do to your own research. This is not financial advice.

Authored by Bogdan Patru, Bitcoinist – https://bitcoinist.com/pepenode-presale-reaches-800k-allows-users-to-mine-meme-coins

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July 6, 2025

The Russian Energy Ministry has begun compiling a national registry of crypto mining rigs as it looks to crack down on illegal mining and boost tax revenues.

The state-run newspaper RIA Novosti reported that the ministry is working on the plan with the Federal Tax Service and the Ministry of Digital Development.

The registry, the ministry claims, will serve as a central database of all the equipment used for cryptocurrency mining in the nation.

Crypto Mining Rigs: Russians Must Register Hardware

Russia’s Deputy Minister of Energy, Petr Konyushenko, told RIA Novosti that the ministry has sent its draft document to regions with high levels of crypto mining activity.

Konyushenko said the registry will let Moscow “precisely identify” who in the nation is “using electricity to mine cryptocurrencies.”

This will allow regulators and tax officials to ensure miners are complying with mining-related laws. It will also help boost tax revenues, the ministry claimed. Konyushenko said:

“This is a step toward legalizing the industry and reducing illegal energy consumption.”

While legal crypto mining is on the rise in Russia, so too is the illegal sector. Scores of industrial crypto miners are known to be operating all across the country.

Many use illegal connections to power grids. And others use subsidized power intended for residential households to power their data centers.

The database will require all miners to submit rig serial numbers and device models. They will also have to submit details on other mining-related equipment.

The Energy Ministry and the Industry Ministry first proposed creating a national crypto mining equipment registry back in February this year.

Critics Unsure About Ministry Plans

Government officials said a unified registry of “equipment without which cryptocurrency mining is impossible” was needed.

The idea is not without its vociferous critics. These include the lawmaker Anton Gorelkin, one of the architects of Russia’s crypto mining laws. Gorelkin said it was “unclear how exactly this registry will help combat illegal mining.”

He added that Moscow already has the “necessary tools to identify miners who use electricity illegally.”

Legalize Black-market Rigs, Says Lawmaker

The lawmaker also explained that Moscow needed to focus its efforts on helping miners legalize crypto mining equipment bought using sanctions-evading “shadow schemes.”

This would help miners “legalize” mining rigs they buy on the black market and “quickly add them to the registry,” Gorelkin said.

The media outlet RBC reported that officials (including customs officers) are considering issuing an “amnesty” for crypto miners who have “no other choice” than to buy rigs through underground channels in a bid to evade sanctions regimes.

Earlier this month, police in Sayansk announced they had shut down an illegal crypto mining farm fitted with 240 mining rigs. Officers said the farm was using enough electricity to power 2,000 apartments.

Also this month, police in St. Petersburg said they seized an undisclosed number of crypto mining rigs operating in a warehouse in an industrial zone near the iconic Mitrofanievsky Highway.

Officials of Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) seized 63 illegal crypto mining machines on Friday, according to a report by The Nation. The illegal crypto mining rigs, worth around 2 million baht ($60,000), were found in three abandoned houses in the Pathum Thani province.

Officials conducted a raid after locals of the region complained about unidentified individuals stealing electricity from the region’s utility poles and transformers. The locals suspected that the stolen electricity was being used for cryptocurrency mining operations hidden in abandoned buildings.

Crypto mining requires massive amounts of electricity. Authorities estimate that the illicit mining rigs caused losses worth over 11 million baht (over $327 million) to the Metropolitan Electricity Authority.

The illegal mining rigs were controlled remotely

Police officials said that along with the mining rigs, they also confiscated three crypto mining controllers, three routers, three internet signal boosters, three modified electricity metres, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and two bank passbooks. No arrests were made as the mining operations were being controlled remotely.

Officials found evidence, however, that the illicit operation had ties to a luxury house in Ram-Indra Soi 65 in Bangkok’s Khan Na Yao district. The CIB officials have requested a search warrant to raid the linked residence and locate the ring leader and other accomplices.

Authorities noted that besides causing damages to the electricity department, the illegal mining rigs also posed a major fire hazard. This is because the operations utilized high amounts of power but had no human monitoring.

Thailand has been plagued with illegal mining operations

Bitcoin miners are treated as manufacturers in Thailand and are subject to associated taxes. However, illegal crypto mining has been a rampant problem across Thailand and Southeast Asia for years.

In a raid conducted in January, authorities seized 996 illegal Bitcoin (BTC) mining rigs from the Phanat Nikhom district in Thailand.

In November 2024, authorities shut down nine illegal Bitcoin mining farms in the Surat Thani province. The farms were estimated to have stolen electricity worth nearly $300,000.

Similarly, in August, authorities raided a town west of Bangkok and found evidence of illegal crypto mining after locals complained about power outages.