Shock: Kazakhstan, No.2 Bitcoin Mining Power, Shuts Rigs in Capital

#Shorts Kazakhstan, the world’s second-largest Bitcoin mining nation, is shutting down mining rigs in its capital city Astana as the Energy Ministry imposes a year-round restriction to prevent power capacity shortages. On 15 August 2026, this is one of the clearest signs yet that global Bitcoin mining is being squeezed between falling profitability and rising pressure from electricity grids. In this video, we analyse why the shutdown is happening now, what it means for global mining difficulty, and how the same pressure is already reshaping miners in Texas and beyond. You will learn how the compression of hashprice has made unprofitable rigs impossible to run, why Bitcoin mining difficulty has fallen 14 percent this year, and why some miners are pivoting to AI compute instead of waiting