According to Foresight News, the Chinese Embassy in Angola announced that Angola's "Law on the Prohibition of Cryptocurrency and Other Virtual Asset Mining" officially came into effect on April 10. The law regards cryptocurrency mining as a criminal act, and those who possess information, communication and infrastructure equipment used for virtual currency mining activities will be sentenced to 1 to 5 years in prison and the relevant equipment will be confiscated. Those who mine cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets by themselves or through others, or connect such mining equipment to the national power system, will be sentenced to 3 to 12 years in prison. Those who use power facility licenses to engage in this activity will face 3 to 8 years in prison.