Mining Week

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Mining Week

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Introducing CoinDesk’s Mining Week

Our reporters visited crypto mining farms around the world, interviewed key players and crunched network data to shed light on a little-understood industry.

Mining has become a multibillion-dollar international industry, with participants ranging from plucky home miners to publicly traded companies.

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After Short-Lived Ban, City in Upstate NY Is Still Reckoning With Crypto Miners

Cities across the U.S. are grappling with what it means to have cryptocurrency mining operations in their communities. Plattsburgh offers a sobering case study. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week.

Plattsburgh Mayor Christopher Rosenquest (Fran Velasquez/CoinDesk)