Mining firm Riot Blockchain has begun deploying around 3,000 new S17 Pro Antminers as part of an upgrade of its Oklahoma City mining facility. Digital currency mining firm Riot Blockchain has begun deploying around 3,000 new units of S17 Pro Antminers as part of the full upgrade of its Oklahoma City mining facility. Per a […]
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Virginia’s state legislature looks to study blockchain technology in a bid to protect voter records and election results. In the United States, Virginia’s state legislature looks to study blockchain to improve elections and voting. Prefiled on Dec. 27 and scheduled for offering on Jan. 8, a new bill requesting further study into blockchain-based elections has […]
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Bitcoin mining farms in the Chinese province of Sichuan are under pressure from local authorities to scale down operations due to electricity shortages. Bitcoin (BTC) miners in the Chinese province of Sichuan are reportedly under pressurelocal authorities to scale down their operations due to electricity shortages. On Dec. 29, the Asia Times reported that during […]
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Ethereum researcher turned North Korea advisor has been released on a $1 million bail, and is allowed to travel but will have to stay out of California. After having been denied bail on Dec. 26, Ethereum foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has now been released on a $1 million bond on the condition that he stay […]
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2019 was a very busy year with crypto tax legislation — check out Cointelegrahp’s 2019 global overview. 2019 was, without a doubt, a milestone for crypto taxation. Countries around the world realized cryptocurrencies are here to stay and adjusted their crypto tax policies as a result. This year alone, several countries have been busy establishing […]
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The New Year is a time for self-development as well as splashing the cash. Here’s how you can spend like royalty in Europe. A new year heralds the opportunity for a new beginning. The start of a new life cycle. As the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, the year 2019 will be dealt a […]
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NY courts rejected bail for ETH researcher Virgil Griffith after he allegedly taught crypto to North Koreans and renounced his U.S. status via text. Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has reportedly been denied bail in New York. Currently detained, Griffith is appealing the action. “Griffith was presented yesterday and ordered detained,” James Margolin, the chief […]
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Chinese securities regulators in Beijing have urged authorities to carry out relevant actions aimed at preventing the usage of cryptocurrencies by the public. China’s securities regulators has urged Beijing authorities to carry out relevant actions aimed at preventing the usage of cryptocurrencies by the public. In a Dec. 27 announcement on the China Securities Regulatory […]
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Head of the digital currency research institute at China’s central bank Mu Changchun said that the digital form of the yuan will be different from Bitcoin and stablecoins. The People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) deputy director Mu Changchun said that the digital form of the yuan will be different to Bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins. Chinese […]
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Chinese authorities have seized nearly 7,000 crypto mining machines consuming electric power illegally. Chinese authorities have seized nearly 7,000 crypto mining machines, illegally consuming electric power. The cryptocurrency mining confiscation came as part of an inspection of more than 70,000 households, 3,061 merchants, 1,470 communities, as well as factories, mines, courtyards and villages in the […]
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