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British Columbia regulates crypto trading through the B.C. Securities Commission and has taken the hardest line in Canada on mining power: BC Hydro suspended new connection requests from crypto miners in December 2022, and the province amended its Utilities Commission Act in 2024 to allow restrictions on mining projects outright. Vancouver remains home to exchanges, custodians and the miners that are now converting sites to AI computing.
This page collects the regulator, the companies with a B.C. address, the events and the coverage.
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The BCSC registers crypto trading platforms serving B.C. residents and runs InvestRight, the investor-education site with the province's scam alerts.
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Sep 30 – Oct 1, 2026 · Vancouver, BC · Pinnacle Harbourside · CanSecWest
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The three biggest miners that grew up on Canadian hydro and gas now report gigawatt AI leases, GPU clouds and bitcoin as the legacy business. Their own filings show how much hash rate, revenue and power is leaving mining, and how Quebec, B.C. and Alberta's electricity rules pushed them.
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