Mining


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Harlem Bitcoin Community Organizers Urge Action to Improve Crypto Regulations in New York

Harlem Bitcoin Community Founders Shakib Farah, Jon Logan and Jesse Cervantes discuss the highly-charged debate over bitcoin's energy consumption and crypto mining in New York. 

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Paraguayan Bill Regulating Crypto Mining and Trading Moves Closer to Law

The legislation was approved with modifications in the country’s Chamber of Deputies and will now return to the Senate, which had passed it in December.

Bandera de Paraguay. (Alex Steffler/Wikimedia Commons)

Tecnologie

As Bitcoin Price Slides, Older Mining Rigs Are Becoming Less Profitable

Even as Bitcoin's mining difficulty adjusts downward, the price trend might spell a crisis for retail miners. On the other hand, it could be an opportunity for those looking to buy rigs.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

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China Can’t Seem to Stop Bitcoin Mining

Reported hashrate fell to zero for two months in China last year, but it has since returned rather abruptly.

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Finanza

First a Hum and Then a Bang: Niagara Falls Residents Forced to Reckon With Crypto Mining

The city in New York has imposed a moratorium on new bitcoin mining operations as complaints about noise were compounded by an explosion and fire at a mining site last week.

Blockfusion's mining facility in Niagara Falls, New York, that hosts Bit Digital's mining rigs. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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NY Bitcoin Miners Start to Give Up on State Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

New York was once a draw for miners, but environmental concerns are weighing on the industry.

Niagara Falls, between the border of the U.S. and Canada in upstate New York. (Eliza Gkritsi)

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Finanza

Mining-Rig Maker Canaan Q1 Revenue More Than Triples

Canaan shares climbed after first-quarter earnings beat one analyst's estimates.

Equipos de minería para bitcoin. (Sandali Handagama)

Finanza

Argentina presiona a mineros de criptomonedas en medio de una escasez energética

Algunas compañías registradas tuvieron en marzo un incremento de 400% en sus tarifas eléctricas, mientras que los mineros ilegales no planean dejar de utilizar la energía subsidiada de sus hogares para realizar la actividad.

Ushuaia, ciudad ubicada en la provincia argentina de Tierra del Fuego. (Richard I'Anson/Getty Images)