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Renewable electricity is more optimal than Paraguay’s anti-mining bill

20.5.2024
The Paraguayan legislature is urgently pushing a bill that, if passed, could mean up to a decade behind bars for illegal Bitcoin miners due to the large amount of electricity pilferage jeopardizing the state-backed National Electricity Administration. The proposed legislation enables Paraguayan...

El Salvador mines 474 Bitcoin using geothermal volcanic energy

15.5.2024
El Salvador currently holds 5,750 BTC worth $354 million which it has accumulated over three years

Bitcoin Miner Marathon In Talks With Kenya to Help With Its Green Energy Ambitions

13.5.2024
Kenya's President William Ruto also wants to build a regulatory framework for crypto, with Marathon's help

PayPal Proposes Incentive Program for Bitcoin Miners Utilizing Low-Carbon Energy

23.4.2024
On April 22, PayPal announced a new initiative to support Bitcoin mining that uses less energy. The multinational payment company intends to use Bitcoin to compensate cryptocurrency miners that use renewable energy. The post PayPal Proposes Incentive Program for Bitcoin Miners Utilizing Low-Carbon...

Why Finland Could be Europe’s Next Crypto Mining Giant

22.2.2024
Finland is emerging fast as an attractive place for crypto mining due to its relatively cool climate, which helps with cooling mining rigs, and its abundant renewable energy sources. The post Why Finland Could be Europe’s Next Crypto Mining Giant appeared first on Cryptonews

German Regulator BaFin Approves Crypto Carbon Credits Exchange Developed by Neutral and DLT Finance

6.2.2024
In collaboration with DLT Finance, Neutral, a German brokerage firm, has unveiled a blockchain-backed exchange for carbon credits. These financial instruments represent forests and renewable energy products, enabling businesses to offset their carbon footprint. While other initiatives have ventured...

Chinese Company Issues First $350 Million Tech Innovation Bond Raised in Digital Yuan

29.1.2024
A Chinese infrastructure company has successfully raised $350 million in digital yuan for its new technology innovation bond. According to Shanghai Securities News, the Shandong Hi-Speed Group issued the “Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co., Ltd. 2024 Public Offering to Institutional Investors...

Report: EU Represents Just 6% of Bitcoin Mining Hashrate, US Significantly Leads China

31.12.2023
The countries in the European Union collectively account for 6% of the Bitcoin network’s hashrate while the U.S. has emerged as the world’s number one bitcoin miner, a new report has said. The economic bloc’s bitcoin mining prospects are however being hamstrung by geopolitical tensions...

Iris Energy to Ramp Up Capacity in 2024 Following $22M Spend on Bitmain Rigs

16.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Photocreo Bednarek Renewable Bitcoin mining company Iris Energy has revealed the acquisition of 1.6 EH/s of Bitmain T21 miners, increasing its self-mining capacity to 10 EH/s. In a press release on December 15, the company disclosed plans to acquire 8,380 new-generation...

Cornell Study: Bitcoin Can Power Renewable Energy Deployments and Climate Action

2.12.2023
A recent study led by investigators from Cornell University has outlined how Bitcoin can help finance renewable energy installations by using surplus power even while these facilities are not yet integrated into the U.S. power grid. Texas is said to be one of the states with the most potential....

Study Reveals Bitcoin Mining as a Catalyst for Renewable Energy Growth and Flexible Load Systems

28.11.2023
A recently published working paper, collaboratively authored by industry experts, examines the critical influence of bitcoin mining in promoting worldwide clean energy efforts and stabilizing electricity grids. This paper probes into the utility of mining as a flexible and versatile instrument...

Marathon Digital Starts Methane Gas-powered BTC Mining Project

2.11.2023
Marathon Digital , a BTC mining company, has launched a pilot mining initiative in Utah, leveraging methane gas produced from landfill waste to generate the power needed for their mining operations. The company announced on Thursday in a press release that it had entered into an agreement with...

Bitcoin price and energy use for mining highly correlated: UN Report

30.10.2023
The UN scientists evaluated the activities of 76 Bitcoin mining nations during the 2020–2021 period and found that the global Bitcoin mining network consumed 173.42 Terawatt hours of electricity

Volcano Energy Launches First Bitcoin Mining Pool in El Salvador

5.10.2023
Volcano Energy, a renewable energy-focused Bitcoin mining company, has announced a strategic partnership with Luxor Technologies, a Bitcoin mining tech company, to launch Lava Pool, the first Salvadoran Bitcoin mining pool. Lava Pool will be harnessed by Volcano Energy, a company building a mining...