The city of Miami, Florida says it will be one of the first regions in the world to offer “bitcoin yield” to its residents. Mayor Francis Suarez made the official announcement last week and said that crypto staked through Miami’s digital wallets will be used to benefit citizens. Miami Is Moving In a Revolutionary Direction Suarez has long worked to make Miami a major cryptocurrency and bitcoin hub. Not long ago, when several cryptocurrency miners were ungraciously kicked...
Read More »Marathon Digital’s Shares Plunged 27% Amid SEC Crackdown
Shares of the U.S. leading crypto mining company Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) went on a downward spiral, plunging by nearly 30% within 24 hours amid a recent crackdown by the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). MARA Down 27% in 24 Hours Since Marathon is primarily a Bitcoin miner, the recent bull run in the crypto market had a positive effect on the company’s stock. In the past month alone, the miner’s stock, MARA, went up by more than 40%. However, the...
Read More »Two Siblings Have Seen Their Crypto Mining Business Grow to Unprecedented Levels
Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News discussed two siblings – 14-year-old Ishaan Thakur and his nine-year-old sister Aanya – and how they began their own cryptocurrency mining business. They started out earning only about three dollars on a single day, but eventually, things rose to such prominence that they began earning $30,000 per month and even established their own cryptocurrency. Two Siblings Started a Mining Business That Continues to Expand Today, since opening their...
Read More »Bitcoin is The Worst Cryptocurrency For The Environment, Stellar is the Best One —Research Says
Cryptocurrency mining and environmentalism did not usually go hand in hand in conversations about the development of the blockchain industry, but one tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk was enough for the crypto community to start worrying about what Bitcoin and Proof-of-work miners are doing to the planet. An investigation by Forexsuggest studied several cryptocurrencies and measured how polluting they are, calculating the estimated carbon emissions and the amount of resources...
Read More »Kazakhstan to Implement Financial Monitoring on Local Cryptocurrency Businesses: Report
The government of Kazakhstan reportedly plans to put local companies working with digital assets under its regulatory scope. According to a proposed bill, those entities will have to give detailed information about their crypto operations to the country’s financial watchdogs to prove they have no connections to money-laundering schemes. Kazakhstan May Tighten Its Crypto Rules As reported by the local media Sputnik, the National Parliament of Kazakhstan passed a bill to make...
Read More »Rockdale, TX Is Causing a Fight Between BTC Miners
The town of Rockdale, Texas is small and doesn’t have much of a population. It may not seem like the city has much to offer, but for bitcoin miners, the amount of open space combined with low energy costs is a dream come true, and two big companies – Bit Deer and Riot Blockchain – are duking it out for dominance over the area. Rockdale Is the Envy of Major BTC Miners Both companies are within proximity of each other. In fact, Bit Deer – a division of Bitmain, arguably...
Read More »Iran Needs an Independent Council to Regulate Cryptocurrencies, Says IBA Chief
The leader of the Iran Blockchain Association (IBA) – Abbas Ashtiani – opined that the country’s central bank (CBA) is not capable of implementing a comprehensive regulatory framework on digital assets. As such, the authorities need to develop an “independent counsel” to resolve the issues. How Will Iran Regulate Crypto? Imposing regulations on the digital asset industry is a policy that each government takes quite individually. While China completely banned crypto mining and...
Read More »Future FinTech Picks Paraguay to Host Its New Crypto Mining Site
Blockchain and e-commerce firm Future FinTech Group Inc. is looking to build a new crypto mining farm in the South American nation of Paraguay. Future FinTech Brings Crypto Mining to South America The country’s minister of social development and the mayor of the city of Coronel Oviedo announced that they’ve had discussions with many of the firm’s executives regarding the development of its plans and the proposed site. In addition, the former deputy minister of national...
Read More »Mogo Is Looking to Plant Trees to Offset BTC’s Carbon Emissions
Digital payments and financial technology firm Mogo Inc. has created what it’s calling the world’s first official “green” version of bitcoin. The item in question is not necessarily a product, but rather an initiative. For every bitcoin unit purchased through its system, the company will plant trees and work to offset the carbon emissions allegedly caused by bitcoin and crypto mining. Mogo Is Trying to Make the Crypto World Greener The argument surrounding bitcoin’s growing carbon levels has...
Read More »Byron Bay to Become Australia’s Bitcoin Mining Hub: Report
The Nasdaq-listed company Mawson Infrastructure Group reportedly inked a partnership with Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners to set up one of Australia’s largest bitcoin mining operations. It will be located in the beachside town – Byron Bay – and will use 100% renewable energy. Australia Aims at Green BTC Mining Apart from being one of the leading touristic hotspots in Australia, Byron Bay could also become the center of the country’s bitcoin mining. A recent report reads...
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