Malaysian authorities are using drones, power sensors, and tips to hunt Bitcoin miners for power theft, which cost a state energy company ~$1.1B over five years
Cracking down on illegal Bitcoin mining gangs has become a cat-and-mouse game in Malaysia. — In Malaysia's illegal crypto mining hotspots, the hunt begins in the sky.
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...
How cheap power and friendly ties with China made Ethiopia, where almost half the population has no access to electricity, a haven for Chinese Bitcoin miners
Cheap power and friendly relations with China have made the Horn of Africa country a top pick for Chinese Bitcoin miners
A look at the dispute between Bitcoin miners in Arkansas and residents, who say the noise is ruining lives, lowering property values, and driving away wildlife
Pushed by an advocacy group, Arkansas became the first state to shield noisy cryptocurrency operators from unhappy neighbors.
As crypto miners default on loans, lenders could receive mining equipment as collateral, a popular financing tool, increasing losses as the rigs' value plunges
Beleaguered crypto lenders are being dealt another blow from Bitcoin miners as they weather the aftermath of the FTX collapse.
The US Treasury sanctions Russian bitcoin miners, including BitRiver; Cambridge University: Russia is the world's third-biggest destination for bitcoin mining
- For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is taking aim at bitcoin miners operating in Russia, as Putin's war on Ukraine approaches its third month.
A look at the emergence of Kentucky as a small bitcoin mining powerhouse; an estimate says Kentucky produces more CO2 from crypto mining than any other US state
a few months later, he incorporated his own mining business. I took a road trip through Kentucky, where the bitcoin industry is making a big push: https://longreads.trust.org/ ... Chris Polansky / @ch...
After China's crypto mining ban, many bitcoin miners have moved to the US, drawn by political and economic stability, cheap capital, and abundant electricity
Bitcoin miners keep picking up their operations and moving to more lucrative destinations. Now, their sights are trained on the US.
Sources estimate ~20% of the world's bitcoin miners remain in China, after moving operations underground following the country's crypto mining ban in May
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A look at efforts by bitcoin miners to use green energy sources, including the voluntary Crypto Climate Accord framework signed by 180 companies in April
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