A cryptocurrency mining computer equipped with high-end graphic cards is seen on display at a computer mall in Hong Kong, China January 29, 2018. Picture taken January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: Some of the biggest electronics bazaars in Asia are being flooded with customers looking for the latest piece of technology: cryptocurrency mining rigs.
Scores of miners from around the world are travelling to places like Hong Kong's Sham Shui Po and Singapore's Sim Lim Square to buy the rigs, which the shops' hardware geeks expertly build behind counters in their cramped boutiques.
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