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Residents in rural Texas are suing their noisy neighbor: a humming bitcoin mining facility

Residents want a permanent injunction, alleging the bitcoin mining facility's loud hum and vibratio…

Geoff Weiss   


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Bitcoin miners got kicked out of China. Now they're sucking America dry.

Chinese-owned bitcoin mines are popping up in rural towns across the US. And they require massive a…

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A lawsuit filed against a bitcoin mine in Texas has shed light on a growing trend: US crypto mines backed by millions of dollars from Chinese investors

A rise in cryptocurrency-mining facilities in Texas and other states has come under scrutiny for th…

Kiera Fields   


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Bitcoin and gold are both on fire right now — but for very different reasons

The leading cryptocurrency and the precious metal are both on winning streaks, but analysts say the…

George Glover   


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A Chinese takeaway worker who had 61,000 bitcoin worth $1.8 billion seized by police found guilty of money laundering

Jian Wen was convicted of money laundering in a London court on Wednesday after police seized 61,00…

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US officials say they're worried a Chinese-owned bitcoin mine in Wyoming will pose a national security threat, NYT reports

Microsoft relayed concerns to the US government that a Cheyenne, Wyoming, Bitcoin mining operation …

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Environmental impact of Bitcoin mining has gotten worse since China’s ban, according to a new study

Bitcoin industry groups have often claimed that green mining is gaining prominence. However, a new …

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Cryptocurrencies tumble as China continues its crackdown against mining

The Chinese government is ramping up its crackdown on cryptocurrency. Authorities have called cry…

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China catches hundreds of banned crypto miners stealing electricity amid energy crisis

Banned crypto miners reportedly siphoned electricity from public agencies and universities during a…

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The US unseats China as world's biggest bitcoin miner, accounting for a third of the global hash rate after Beijing's crackdown

The increase in the share of the US came after China in September banned all cryptocurrency transac…

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Cryptocurrency mining is causing power shutdowns in Kazakhstan, and China may be to blame

The electricity demand in the country has increased by eight percent so far this year as compare…

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A New York power plant that mines bitcoin faces big test in governor's office

Greenidge Generation in the third quarter of 2020 said it mined 729 bitcoins and had approximately …

Isabelle Lee   


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Marathon Digital and other crypto-linked stocks drop after China declares cryptocurrency transactions illegal

China says bitcoin and ether cannot be used as currency in the world's second-largest economy, send…

Carla Mozée   


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Texas' power-grid operator is asking crypto miners to power down as the state's electricity system grapples with sky-high temperatures

Texas' power-grid operator, ERCOT, is paying businesses that eat up a lot of energy to shut down &m…

Katie Canales   


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Russia's bitcoin-mining industry is booming through war and sanctions

There's more bitcoin mining equipment flowing into Russia than anywhere else in the world as sancti…

Phil Rosen   


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Why China's crypto crackdown is creating 'tremendous' opportunities for miners in other countries, according to industry execs

The ban on mining operations in China has actually helped bitcoin move towards its goal of becoming…

Emily Graffeo   


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The US has been sweeping up shares of the bitcoin hashrate as miners exit China

New data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance puts empirical evidence behind the ongoi…

Emily Graffeo   


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29-year old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says FTX US is set to expand after fresh funding round

"When you look at FTX US, there's an enormous amount of potential growth," Bankman-Fried told CoinD…

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Bitcoin mining gets easier with a drop in hash rate but Ethereum’s popularity is catching up

Ethereum stepped up its game and briefly had more active addresses than Bitcoin this month. That…

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Here's why experts say the crypto market will be just fine despite a possible Russian ban on everything from mining to trading

"There are bigger concerns right now in crypto," Chris Vecchio of DailyFX, said, citing a hawkish F…

Isabelle Lee