The DOE's emergency Bitcoin mining survey is withdrawn following legal challenges from Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council.
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Tundra Tracker, a SteamVR Tracking puck resulting from a successful Kickstarter, has already shipped out 11,000 trackers to backers. Now the company says it’s getting ready to start general sales on March 10th. Update (March 4th, 2022): Tundra Labs says it’s opening up sale of a limited number of Trackers starting March 10th. The company […]
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed authorities to identify all crypto mining enterprises and increase the electricity surcharge they are required to pay. The state is not against legal mining activities, but crypto farms should be licensed and taxed, Tokayev insisted. Miners in Kazakhstan to Pay Higher Electricity Tariffs On top of electricity shortages…
Crypto farms in Kazakhstan will remain unplugged until Feb. 7, as the local utility has extended power cuts for miners. The company points to ongoing difficulties with electricity supply as the main reason for the measure, which was supposed to expire at the end of January. Mining Facilities in Kazakhstan Still Shut Down Data centers […]
Data centers minting cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan were cut off from the nation’s power grid this week and will remain unplugged for the rest of January. The measure comes as the country faces electricity shortages blamed on crypto mining and blackouts in the cold winter months. Crypto Miners in Kazakhstan Left Without Power Bitcoin mining facilities […]