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LINK Global risque une amende de 7,1 millions de dollars de la part de l'organisme de réglementation des services publics de l'Alberta, selon un rapport

Le régulateur veut que LINK Global paie près de 2 millions de dollars pour des gains économiques présumés provenant de la production d'électricité et plus de 5 millions de dollars pour des gains provenant de l'extraction de Bitcoin.

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Finance

Sino-Global crée une entreprise pour développer une nouvelle machine de minage de Bitcoin

La coentreprise avec Highsharp développera et commercialisera une machine d'extraction de Bitcoin propriétaire nommée « Thor ».

Lately, Thorchain has had to battle with attackers everywhere.

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Crypto Community Continues Reacting to China’s Sweeping Crypto Ban

With continuing fallout from China, CoinDesk’s Christie Harkin reviews the week’s events out of China that potentially impacted the price of bitcoin and the wider crypto market.

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Le Salvador exploite son premier Bitcoin grâce à l'énergie volcanique

Près de 22 % du marché énergétique du pays est d’origine géothermique.

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El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy

“The Hash” team reacts to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, revealing the country has officially mined the first bitcoin using volcanic energy. With almost 22% of the country’s energy supply coming from geothermal sources, could El Salvador provide an answer to the hunt for a reliable, clean energy source to power bitcoin mining?

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Finance

La production de Bitcoin de Bitfarms augmente grâce à de nouveaux équipements miniers

La société a extrait 1 050 bitcoins au troisième trimestre, soit une hausse de 38 % par rapport au deuxième trimestre.

Technicians monitor cryptocurrency mining rigs at a Bitfarms facility in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Bitcoin has rallied more than 30 percent in July, shrugging off security and regulatory concerns that have plagued the virtual currency for much of this year. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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China’s Energy Crunch Cutting Manufacturing Capacity, Potentially Related to Crypto Ban

Chinese factories are struggling with an energy crisis brewing in the country. Some speculate this could provide a clue to China’s crackdowns on crypto mining operations this summer. “The Hash” team discusses the latest blow to the state of the world’s second-biggest economy and its possible role in the central government’s crypto ban.

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DeFi Benefits From China Ban, Gamevil Increases Coinone Stake

China crypto ban to benefit DeFi space. Gamevil becomes the second-largest shareholder of Korea’s Coinone. Illicit mining operation discovered at Tehran Stock Exchange. We’ll have more on that story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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SEC Chair Gensler Reiterates Support for Futures-Based Bitcoin ETFs

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler reiterated his support Wednesday for a narrow class of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would invest in futures contracts instead of the crypto itself. CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses the outlook for the U.S. ETF landscape, suggesting the likelihood of a spot ETF getting approved compared to a bitcoin futures ETF. Plus, his views on El Salvador using volcanic energy for bitcoin mining.

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CleanSpark CEO on Impact of China’s Crypto Ban on Mining, Global Markets

Following China’s move to make crypto mining explicitly illegal within its borders, Alibaba will stop selling mining equipment on its platforms, and Bitmain will halt all machine sales to mainland Chinese miners.

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