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Argentina Town To Invest In Crypto Mining To Fight Inflation And Upgrade Infrastructure

The town of Sorradino in Argentina’s Santa Fe Province could begin to mine crypto in a bid to raise the money needed for its rail infrastructure upgrade. Its mayor doesn’t see any risk in mining the digital currencies that can be sold immediately. 

Argentina Town To Invest In Crypto Mining To Fight Inflation And Upgrade Infrastructure

As the local media reported on Sunday, the town of 6000 people has already purchased six graphics cards and will be buying a mining rig in the near future. According to Sorradino’s mayor Juan Pio Drovetta, the initiative to mine cryptocurrencies was supported by the local community.

In Argentina, Sorradino was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting inflation

Argentina Town To Invest In Crypto Mining To Fight Inflation And Upgrade Infrastructure

And struggles to pay for an upgrade of its railroad infrastructure that came back in use for the first time in 33 years last year. The upgrade will also aim at rails expenditure connecting Sorradino with the key cities nearby. 

Drovetta estimated the monthly income that the town’s prospective mining operation would generate to be in the region of several hundred United States dollars. The mayor didn’t specify which coins will be mined in Sorradino. In his comments regarding the possible risks of crypto assets’ price volatility, he emphasized that while no direct purchase of crypto is planned, mining stays a safe investment option:

“We are not buying cryptocurrencies and looking to make a profit on a speculative move whereby we [either] win [or lose]. What we will be doing is generating cryptocurrencies, so we will always win.”

Drovetta also underlined that the town is planning to pay taxes from its mining income, having already done the necessary research on the matter. 

Should it kick off its mining operation, Sorradino could set a unique precedent of direct community investment in crypto mining. It is much more common to witness the institutionalized mining players purchasing power capacities in small towns, like with Bitmain in the Texan town of Rockdale or even central governments planning to construct mining cities from scratch, as in the famous Salvadoran project of “Bitcoin City.”

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