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(Bloomberg) -- China’s escalating push to rein in cryptocurrency mining was triggered in part by concern that the practice has stoked a surge in illicit coal extraction, endangering lives and undermining Xi Jinping’s ambitious environmental goals.Authorities decided to act after concluding the spike in electricity consumption from server farms underpinning Bitcoin and other tokens was a key factor behind rising demand for coal in certain parts of China, according to a person who pa...

A crackdown by Beijing is rapidly accelerating a shift in focus by makers of machines that 'mine' cryptocurrencies like bitcoin from China to North America and Central Asia as Chinese clients face an uncertain future. China's central government vowed to clamp down on bitcoin mining and trading on Friday, causing some miners to halt all or part of their operations in a country that accounts for more than half of the world's crypto supply. Hangzhou-based Ebang International s...

Iran banned the mining of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin after a series of blackouts across major cities, in the latest sign of growing unease over the digital asset’s energy usage.

SALT LAKE CITY, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CleanSpark, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLSK)(“CleanSpark” or the “Company”), a diversified energy services and Bitcoin mining company, focused on solving modern energy challenges, today announced that it had completed the purchase of the six acre property which houses ATL Data Centers LLC and the 41,387 square foot data center building. As a part of the transaction in December of 2020, CleanSpark acquired the existing Bitcoin mining...

Inner Mongolia has fallen in line with Beijing’s crackdown on cryptocurrency mining, with the northern region proposing draft rules that will effectively end the practice.

Temecula, CA, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Warming Solutions, Inc., (OTC: GWSO), a worldwide developer of technologies that help mitigate...

Iran, which required bitcoin miners to obtain official authorization in the country, has now reportedly banned the practice.

If investors start losing their savings after claiming to have fallen under Musk’s spell, lawmakers will raise an alarm.

US-based Bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain has closed its acquisition of Whinstone US, the owner and operator of North America’s largest Bitcoin mining and hosting facility Whinstone U.S. - Rockdale, Texas Facility Castle Rock, CO 80104, May 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) ("Riot”, “Riot Blockchain” or the “Company") today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Whinstone US (“Whinst...

Loading the player... COVID vaccination key to curbing pandemic but govt doesnt seem to care: Rahul Gandhi Asserting that the number of daily inoculations in the country has come down, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said vaccination is the key to controlling the pandemic but the government does not seem to care. He shared a graph showing the decline in the number of vaccine doses administered during April and May (till 20th) and pointed out that the average number of vaccination per day...