Uzbekistan reportedly eyes national cryptocurrency mining pool

In an unusual move, Uzbekistan is reportedly looking to create a national cryptocurrency mining pool and digital asset exchange. One of the country’s government bodies, the National Agency for Project Management (NAPM), shared its plans at a press conference earlier this week, news.bitcoin.com reports. [Read: An introduction to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining pools] According to the report, the country’s national cryptocurrency mining pool will incentivize domestic and foreign min