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New York Town Bemoans Roadside ‘Littered’ With Bitcoin Miners — Officials Plan to Impose 90-Day Moratorium
24.7.2021
A St. Lawrence county town located in New York near the Canadian border, Massena, is another region in the state that is having issues with bitcoin miners. According to recent reports from the local WWNY-TV news desk and Reuters, the Massena town supervisor is drafting new regulations for bitcoin...
Abkhazia Holds Talks With Russia to Ensure Electricity Supply for Crypto Miners
24.7.2021
The government of Abkhazia is negotiating with Russia to solve a problem that led to a ban on cryptocurrency mining. The partially recognized republic in the South Caucasus is now planning to legalize the industry and source sufficient power supplies from its energy-rich northern neighbor. Abkhazia...
Chinese Miners Pivot to Alternative Currencies to Keep Operating
24.7.2021
The Chinese mining crackdown forced many miners to stop their operations and relocate. But another group of miners is planning to pivot to new, more efficient mining schemes to keep operating in the country. Lesser-known tokens and proof-of-stake-based systems are now in the sights of these miners...
Canadian border town suspends Bitcoin mining over aesthetic concerns
23.7.2021
City officials have imposed a three-month suspension on new Bitcoin mining operations to make roads and buildings more presentable
Bitcoin mining is becoming vastly more decentralized in 2021
23.7.2021
Data shows anonymous entities becoming an ever larger force on the Bitcoin mining scene this year and last
Shenzhen Crypto Mining Hardware Retail Hotspot Becomes a Ghost Town
23.7.2021
An iconic shopping outlet for Chinese crypto miners has fallen under an eerie shroud of silence as the nation’s mining industry screeches to an abrupt halt.
The Beijing-led crackdown on mining has seen many of the nation’s key crypto mining provinces stamp out industrial mining, with further...
A green revolution in crypto mining? Industry answers wake-up call
22.7.2021
A number of leading mining firms have already started to make the transition toward clean renewable energy in recent months
New DeFi futures to enable hedging against Bitcoin mining difficulty
22.7.2021
SynFutures’ decentralized Bitcoin Hash Rate Futures aim to let miners long or short Bitcoin mining difficulty
SpaceX owns Bitcoin, Elon Musk and Nic Carter believe BTC is becoming greener
22.7.2021
Musk revealed that SpaceX owns Bitcoin and that Tesla may be close to accepting BTC payments again after looking into BTC’s sustainability
Elon Musk says Bitcoin may have already hit his benchmark on renewable energy
21.7.2021
"I want to do a little more diligence to confirm that the percentage of renewable energy usage is most likely at or above 50% and that there is a trend towards increasing that number," said the Tesla CEO
Crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain files for US IPO
21.7.2021
The company has been publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange since 2018
Major Crypto Mining Company Core Scientific Going Public on Nasdaq With $4.3 Billion Valuation
21.7.2021
Core Scientific, a major blockchain hosting and digital asset mining company, is going public through a merger with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. The deal values the combined company at approximately $4.3 billion. Core Scientific to List on Nasdaq Core Scientific Holding...
US Bitcoin mining giant Core Scientific set for Nasdaq listing via $4.3B SPAC deal
21.7.2021
The Bitcoin miner will merge with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp in the latest crypto SPAC deal
GPU price inflation dips slightly as Ether downtrend continues
21.7.2021
With Ether sinking below $2,000, the price of graphics cards has seen a further decline from June to July
Green energy crypto mining ETF launches on New York Stock Exchange
21.7.2021
The new exchange-traded fund will focus on environmentally friendly crypto mining infrastructure firms
Aussie Bitcoin miner to reportedly raise $200M ahead of Nasdaq listing
20.7.2021
Sydney-based Iris Energy is reportedly prepping for the United States' tech-focused exchange with new fundraising
Museum of Bitcoin Mining History Opens Its Doors in Venezuela
20.7.2021
A new museum dedicated to the history of bitcoin mining opened its doors in Venezuela last weekend. The institution will allow visitors to learn about the history of cryptocurrency mining, going from its roots to the current state of the mining industry. The museum is part of a private initiative...
Cops Literally Steamroll Crypto-Mining Computers
20.7.2021
Earlier this year, Malaysian authorities carried out a bunch of raids around the airport at Miri, where it was suspected that crypto-mining outfits were stealing electricity off the grid. Six men were eventually charged, and to celebrate, Malaysian cops took all their rigs and publicly crushed...
3 reasons why Bitcoin Standard Hashrate (BTCST) price rallied by 50%
19.7.2021
BTCST earnings per staked token increased after China cracked down on Bitcoin miners and the network’s hashrate dropped
Seized PS4 consoles in Ukraine used for FIFA accounts, not crypto mining
19.7.2021
The gaming hardware confiscated by the Ukrainian police was being used to create in-game currency and not for farming cryptocurrency