A UN task force proposes taxing crypto mining to raise funds for climate action and cites IMF research that says $0.045 per kWh used could raise $5.2B annually
A tentative proposal to tax cryptocurrency mining to raise funds for climate action took off during a United Nations climate conference that's set to come to a close today. Bluesky: @glynmoody.bsky.so...
Putin signs a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia; only Russian legal entities and individuals included in a register will have the right to mine
Filing: the US DOE settles with bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group, and agrees to cancel its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners
Plaintiff Texas Blockchain Council; Plaintiff Riot Platforms, Inc. … Milk Road : 🥛 Crypto's Weekly Recap 👀 Mike Millard / DL News : Mandatory survey of Bitcoin miners' power consumption halted by US E...
Microsoft quietly updates its TOS to prohibit crypto mining on Azure and other services without “prior written approval”, citing “disruption or even impairment”
Windows giant fears coin crafting may upend its servers — UPDATED Microsoft has quietly banned cryptocurrency mining …
The New York State Assembly passes the first right-to-repair bill in the US covering electronics; Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the measure
at least in NY State—you can fix it. Great news via our friends at @iFixit! https://www.ifixit.com/... Chris Perfett / @chrisperfett : Huge. Massive, massive, massive. Not exaggerating in the slightes...
Crypto miners, who scrambled into a welcoming Kazakhstan after China's ban, are leaving as the government throttles power supply due to blackouts and infighting
Rest of World : Tweets: @joannalillis , @restofworld , @glynmoody , and @cengizyar Tweets: Joanna Lillis / @joannalillis : '"It's a mess": How crypto mining went from boom to bust in #Kazakhstan' - “...
Experts say Russia could use cryptocurrency tools to lessen the impact of US sanctions, including a forthcoming digital ruble and spoils from ransomware attacks
or Russia Allison Morrow / CNN : Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin Jessica Sier / Australian Financial Review : Russia could use crypto to evade sanctions B...
Intel forms a Custom Compute Group to build blockchain hardware and plans to ship cryptocurrency mining chips in 2022; Block, Argo, and Griid are customers
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Intel forms a Custom Compute Group to build blockchain hardware and plans to ship cryptocurrency mining chips in 2022; Block, Argo, and Griid are customers
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Analysis: 14 of the world's biggest crypto mining companies moved 2M+ machines out of China following the country's ban in May, with a majority going to Russia
China's ban on cryptocurrency mining in May triggered an exodus of miners and a global race to relocate millions of the clunky …