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Montana environmentalists aren’t happy about a decommissioned coal mine going into business again, this time as a crypto mining facility. Crypto Mining Rubs Climate Friendly People the Wrong Way Known as the Hardin generating station, the facility is a 115-megawatt coal plant located near the site of the historic battle of Little BigHorn. It was slated to close in 2018 given the lack of customers, and usage has seriously died down as of late. However, it looks like a...

Texas is quickly becoming one of the biggest crypto mining hubs in the world to the point that current governor Greg Abbott is making bringing more crypto jobs and companies to the Lone Star State part of his reelection campaign. Texas and Crypto Mining… A Great Match? The migration of crypto miners to Texas began in the summer of last year. China – which at one point housed more than 65 percent of the world’s digital mining projects – decided the practice should be...

New York City mayor Eric Adams is a crypto bull. There’s no denying that. He seems to really take bitcoin to heart. He loves the technology behind it, and he’s so confident in its abilities, he has stated that he wants crypto taught in schools so children are ready and prepared for what will surely be a crypto-dominated financial system in the future. Eric Adams Doesn’t Seem to Understand Where Crypto Comes From All this sounds fine and dandy, but if there is anything...

New York offers many shuttered coal plants and cheap energy. This makes it a top spot for miners and anyone looking to set up crypto extraction businesses. However, there are many environmentalists out there that want New York to work against crypto and ban the process of adding it to the blockchain. New York and Crypto Don’t Always Go Together Environmentalists have been arguing for years that mining bitcoin is somehow harmful to the world’s atmosphere. They state that...

Greenidge Generation Holdings – a crypto mining firm in Dresden, New York – says it’s going to invest approximately $264 million to establish a new data center in Spartanburg County in the state of South Carolina. The new center is slated to bring around 40 new jobs to the region. Greenidge Is Heading to S.C. Governor Henry McMaster stated in a recent interview: South Carolina is transforming into a hub for tech-focused companies, and we welcome Greenidge Generation to...

The town of Forsyth, Georgia is about to get a whole new cryptocurrency mining facility, but unfortunately, not all the residents are taking the news well. Forsyth, Georgia Will Be a New Crypto Haven The crypto mining industry has been great for many people. It has led to huge surges in new types of revenue, and it has also created a whole new string of jobs for tech hounds to enjoy. Sadly, the space has also garnered heavy bits of criticism from environmentalists who...

Canaan Inc – one of the largest bitcoin mining companies in the world – is now the subject of a class-action lawsuit brought forth by several investors through a Manhattan court. A federal judge has ruled that a Hong Kong couple should lead the securities-fraud suit against the firm even though the filing was delivered late. Canaan Is at the Center of a Heavy Suit The decision was made by U.S. District Judge John Cronan, who believes that Bill Lu and Liyang Huang are the...

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...

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...

Jack Dorsey – the CEO of both social media giant Twitter and payments company Square – says that his latter company is looking into potentially creating a simplified mining rig that he believes will help the industry get stronger. Dorsey and Square Tackle Crypto Mining In a tweet last week, Dorsey explained: Square is considering building a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide. If we do this, we’d follow...