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...
Read More »The US Bests China as the World’s Biggest BTC Miner
Up to this point in time, China has always been the dominant country when it comes to mining bitcoin. Sadly, the region has done all it can to eliminate its standing in the industry, and now it looks like another nation – the United States – has opened itself up to become the world’s primary leader in the world of bitcoin mining. China Has Been Outdone By the U.S. China was – at one point – home to about 65 to 75 percent of the world’s crypto mining projects. It also is...
Read More »New York and Texas Are Competing for New Crypto Miners
There are still many miners having to leave China after the country declared bitcoin illegal. It looks like New York and Texas are now competing as they work to bring many of these miners to their turf. New York and Texas Go Head to Head In addition to New York and Texas, Kentucky and Georgia are also attracting their fair share of new miners. These regions are known for offering very inexpensive electricity in certain areas, and those looking to extract new coins are...
Read More »Two Texas Siblings Seek to Create Their Own Crypto Token
Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News produced an article about a pair of siblings living in Texas that had created their own successful mining business. Ishaan and Aanya Thakur – 13 (now 14) years of age and nine years of age, respectively – had studied mining videos on YouTube and converted old equipment to extract Ethereum and other forms of crypto from the blockchain. Texas Siblings Take Their Love of Crypto to the Furthest Reaches Now, these siblings are looking to take...
Read More »San Jose Joins Hands with Helium for New Crypto Mining Venture
The city of San Jose, California has a new plan in place that is set to benefit crypto miners and lower income families within the area. The plan is that these families will qualify for free internet services for approximately one year while city officials join hands with a blockchain company to mine Helium. San Jose Is Making a Name for Itself in the Crypto Space The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) will purchase approximately 20 separate hotspots from the...
Read More »El Salvador Is Using Volcanoes to Mine BTC
El Salvador is now using energy from nearby volcanoes to mine bitcoin. El Salvador Is Putting Local Volcanoes to Good Use President Nayib Bukele announced late last week that his country had minted what he called the first volcano-powered bitcoin unit. He also posted a video of bitcoin rigs being set up at a geothermal crypto mining operation stationed in a forest which happened to be near a volcano. Thus far, El Salvador has only managed to extract roughly $280 in BTC...
Read More »Hatten Land Partners with Frontier to Run Green Crypto Mining Rigs
Hatten Land Ltd in Singapore has joined hands with Frontier Digital Asset Management Pte Ltd. The companies will now work together to manage more than 1,000 crypto mining rigs operating within Hatten Group properties based in Malaysia. Hatten Land Is Revamping Its Mining Projects Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2021, Hatten says that several new digital currency mining rigs will be installed between the two companies. Frontier also operates approximately 700 separate...
Read More »Maggie Hassan Introduces Crypto Bill That Would Examine Mining Procedures
Two U.S. Senators – Maggie Hassan, a democrat from New Hampshire and Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa – have introduced a new bill that would allow regulators in the country to examine the behaviors of miners both within the nation and abroad. Maggie Hassan Wants to Know What’s Happening in the Mining World The new bill asks that the Treasury Department look at how nations today are using the crypto they mine. It also asks that they examine how much cryptocurrency has...
Read More »SAITECH Crypto Mining Firm Is Set to Go Public
SAITECH Limited – a crypto mining company that focuses on green energy and hosts mining rigs for its clients – is joining hands with Trade UP Global Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition firm. SAITECH Is All Set to Join the Nasdaq The partnership will allow SAITECH to become publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol “SAI.” The company will not experience any changes in management, and executives will be made holders of Trade UP stock options....
Read More »Kentucky and Texas Are Seeing a Boom in Crypto Mining Projects
State like Texas and Kentucky are really starting to benefit from the growing crypto mining space and the mass China exodus. Not too long ago, China decided that it was time to remove all digital currency miners from its territory, and many sought to establish new businesses in these regions thanks to the states’ incentives and cheap electricity. Texas and Kentucky Are Becoming Head Honchos in the World of BTC Mining The arguments surrounding crypto mining have been...
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