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What Is Happening With China and its Crypto Approach?

Last year’s industry-wide meltdown has haunted Asian firms as they cautiously plot their recovery. China was once a hotbed for crypto mining and trading. Even after announcing a blanket ban on all digital asset activities more than a year ago, there’s reason to believe that the country may make a comeback in the space. Tron founder Justin Sun, who has a history of hyping the industry, also said China could embrace the asset class, especially after the implementation of a tax...

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Core Scientific Is Bankrupt but Remaining Functional

Core Scientific – one of the world’s biggest crypto mining enterprises – has filed bankruptcy in recent weeks but is still expected to continue its mining operations in the region of Grand Forks, Texas. Core Scientific Can Continue to Operate as Normal The company first began pursuing chapter 11 bankruptcy protections in the final weeks of December. Core Scientific has experienced a net loss of nearly half a billion dollars at the time of writing stemming back from...

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Asteroid Mining: Startup startet erste Missionen

“We mine asteroids to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than the current terrestrial mining methods” So AstroForge, dass US-amerikanische Weltraum-Startup. Die erste private Weltraummission steht kurz vor dem Launch: Das Asteroiden-Mining-Start-up AstroForge Inc plant, dieses Jahr seine ersten beiden Weltraummissionen zu starten, um Metalle aus dem Weltraum zu extrahieren und zu veredeln. Der erste Start...

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Argo Blockchain Slapped With Lawsuit Over Misleading Statements

Argo Blockchain has been accused of federal securities law violation during the initial public offering (IPO) of its American depositary shares (ADS) in 2021, according to a filing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The latest development is yet another blow to Argo, which was struggling to stay afloat amidst a brutal crypto winter. The complaint alleged that the company negligently prepared its IPO documents which hid crucial details...

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Loud North Carolina Crypto Miner Forces Residents to Relocate (Report)

Residents of Murphy, North Carolina, complained that a cryptocurrency miner located in the area causes “insane” noise and negatively impacts the electric grid.  As such, some people have decided to leave the town and settle in another place. ‘It Sounds Like You Are Behind a Jet’ The crypto miner installed by the San Francisco-based company PrimeBlock seems to be a huge problem for some of the 1,600 inhabitants of Murphy, North Carolina. In a recent interview, resident Mike...

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New York Bitcoin Mining Facility Slapped With $10,000 Per Day Fine

US Bitcoin Corp – a North American Bitcoin mining firm – has been ordered to cease operations by a State Supreme Court Justice, or face penalties of $10,000 per day.  If the miner continues to operate through the end of January, the fine will increase to $25,000 per day.  US Bitcoin Under Fire As reported by Lockport Journal on Thursday, the order from Justice Edward Pace is a follow-up to Supreme Court Justice Frank Sedita III’s temporary restraining order issued against the...

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Bitcoin Is Now 14 Years of Age!

Crypto fans everywhere are wishing bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – a happy birthday, as just a few weeks ago, the beloved asset turned 14. Bitcoin Is 14 Years Old Bitcoin’s whitepaper was officially introduced on Halloween of 2008, but it wasn’t until January of 2009 that the currency began getting mined and added to blockchain circulation. While the whitepaper may have been the asset’s first real introduction to the world, many see that...

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BTC Miner Core Scientific Raises $500M From BlackRock, Ibex Investors (Report)

The US-based bitcoin miner – Core Scientific – reportedly secured a $500 million fundraiser led by leading finance players, such as BlackRock, Apollo Capital, Kensico Capital, Ibex Investors, and others. The company filed for bankruptcy protection at the end of last year but continued mining BTC to repay debtholders. Traditional Finance Firms Flocking to Help According to a court filing seen by Bloomberg, BlackRock and several other high-profile investors lent approximately...

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