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French MPs Float Plan to Mine Bitcoin (BTC) With Surplus Nuclear Energy

Summary by Coin Desk
The proposal aims to take advantage of surplus energy generated by nuclear power plants, with one MP describing it as a "secure and extremely profitable solution".

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French MPs propose to mine bitcoin in EDF nuclear power plants, by exploiting the surplus energy usually lost. France, the European leader in nuclear power, wastes more than two thirds of its production every year. Mining would make it possible to value this excess energy in a public and secure framework. Other countries like Pakistan and companies like Tether follow a similar logic, using their energy surplus to mine and generate revenues, in a…

A group of lawmakers from the extreme right-wing Rassemblement National (RN) party proposed using unused energy from a state-owned nuclear plant to extract bitcoins. *** It comes to France proposed to use surplus state nuclear power to mine Bitcoin. A group of lawmakers from the extreme right-wing Rassemblement National (RN) party drafts a bill. The proposal reflects a change of approach from RN, which previously criticized cryptocurrencies Othe…

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Bitcoin World broke the news in on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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