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President Biden Proposes Crypto Mining Tax and Wash Sale Rule in 2025 Budget Proposal
11.3.2024
President Biden's 2025 budget proposal aims to introduce a crypto mining tax and close the wash sale loophole for digital assets. The move faces opposition from House Republicans, who criticize the administration's spending. As the 2024 presidential race heats up, the outcome could shape the future...
U.S. President Again Proposes Crypto Mining Tax, 'Wash Sale Rule' for Digital Assets in New Budget
11.3.2024
The U.S. president's budget proposal for 2025 suggests the administration can reduce the national deficit by nearly $10 billion just by "modernizing rules" that include cryptocurrencies
Legal Action Forces US Energy Department to Suspend Crypto Mining Investigation
24.2.2024
Following legal action initiated by Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the department’s statistical branch, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), has put a temporary hold on its bitcoin mining survey and quarantined the data...
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.
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Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?
21.2.2024
BitRiver to Build New 100MW Crypto Mining Center in Russia
20.2.2024
BitRiver, Russia’s biggest industrial crypto mining firm, has announced it is building a new 100MW data center in Eastern Siberia.
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Ethiopia Explores Crypto Mining with New Hong Kong Data Center Deal
16.2.2024
Ethiopia has inked a memorandum of understanding with Data Centre Service, a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s West Data, to build a $250 million data mining infrastructure project in the country. Data centres provide the facilities to host large-scale Bitcoin mining operations. The East African...
New Crypto Mining Sensation BlockDAG Coin Expected to Surge 100x to $0.05, Beats Bitcoin and Litecoin Returns
14.2.2024
Crypto mining has quickly gone from an obscure industry to an industry so big that Bitcoin (BTC) mining alone consumes over 0.6% of the United States’s electricity, not to mention other minable coins such as Litecoin (LTC). Similarly to investing in energy stocks, mining crypto pits the allure...
Ethiopia’s Affordable Hydropower and Adoption of Crypto Mining Attracts Chinese Bitcoin Miners
13.2.2024
The Ethiopian state electricity company has reportedly signed power supply agreements with 21 mainly Chinese bitcoin miners. The African country’s pursuit of foreign exchange has seemingly taken precedence over the concerns often raised by climate change advocates. Ethiopia Set to Become...
Two Russian Crypto Mining Centers Shut Down, 400+ Rigs Taken Offline
13.2.2024
Russian crypto mining efforts suffered a setback last week, with police closing two large, illegal data centers. In total, officers said they took over 400 crypto mining rigs offline in raids in Siberia and the republic of Dagestan. Russian Crypto Mining Still in Regulatory ‘Grey Zone’...
Tecpetrol Raises Crude Oil Production Fivefold With Crypto Mining In Argentina
9.2.2024
Tecpetrol, an Argentina-based oil and gas company, has reported the benefits of including crypto mining operations in its oil explorative activities. According to Tecpetrol CEO Ricardo Markous, including on-site vented gas generators to mine cryptocurrency has allowed oil production to rise...
Blockchain Advocacy Groups Slam EIA’s ‘Politically Motivated’ Inquiry Into US Crypto Mining
8.2.2024
After the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) declared its intention to launch an urgent inquiry into the power consumption of cryptocurrency mining within the nation, two blockchain advocacy organizations have labeled the move as a “politically motivated” drive against...
Court Rules Against Crypto Mining Company, Won’t Force BC Hydro to Provide Power + More Crypto News
6.2.2024
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In today’s edition: Court Rules Against Crypto Mining Company, Will Not Force BC Hydro to Provide Power YouHodler Gets Bank of Spain’s Virtual Asset Service...
British Columbia Court Upholds B.C. Hydro’s Ban on Crypto Mining
6.2.2024
A provincial supreme court judge in British Columbia has deemed B.C. Hydro’s moratorium on crypto mining projects reasonable, according to a ruling posted on Monday. The moratorium, initially enacted in December 2022, faced a challenge from Conifex Timber, a forestry company diversifying into...
British Columbia Court Backs Ban on Crypto Mining in Canadian Province
6.2.2024
Conifex, a B.C.-based cryptocurrency mining company, challenged B.C. Hydro's 18-month moratorium on mining
California School Officials Plead Guilty to Running Crypto Mining Scheme With School Resources
6.2.2024
A sophisticated scheme to defraud Patterson Joint Unified School District has been unveiled, with senior officials Jeffrey Menge and Eric Drabert at the helm, using the district’s resources to mine cryptocurrency illegally, as disclosed by the DOJ. School Officials Plead Guilty to Crypto Mining...
Shareholder Sues Crypto Mining Firm Over Unrealistic Pre-IPO Claims
6.2.2024
A shareholder sued crypto mining firm Stronghold’s senior officials, claiming that they made impractical pre-IPO pledges. Glenn Bruno’s Friday complaint targets Stronghold’s officers and directors for alleged legal violations between July 2021 to March 2022. The violations include breaches...
Beijing Censors Crypto Mining Activities to Strengthen Energy Conservation
5.2.2024
Beijing, China has further doubled down on crypto mining activities as a part of its revamped energy conservation implementation plan. Per a recent government notice, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission along with 11 other departments have implemented revised plan to further...
EIA Launches ‘Emergency Survey’ on Crypto Mining’s Power Use Amid Concerns of Alleged ‘Public Harm’
1.2.2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has gained clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an urgent survey regarding electricity usage by cryptocurrency mining firms across the U.S. The EIA submitted this request on the grounds that “public harm...
US Gets Serious About Tracking Crypto Mining Electricity Usage
1.2.2024
A US government agency responsible for managing energy-related data is going after crypto-mining companies over their power consumption. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday that it will collect electricity consumption data from identified US-based crypto mining companies...