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Ted Cruz – the republican senator of Texas – is fighting hard for crypto and its advocates. He’s learning more about the space and working to ensure it’s a future hub for innovation in the U.S. Ted Cruz Is an Official BTC Fan Not long ago, Cruz toured the facility of Riot Blockchain – one of the biggest crypto miners in existence – in Texas and discussed his experiences on social media. He stated: I am proud to lead the fight of the crypto industry in the Senate. Texas...

App Swarm, Corp. – a company that focuses on mobile development, crypto assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and cybersecurity solutions – is boosting the amount of crypto equipment it’s employing to focus more on mining Ethereum, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the number one competitor to bitcoin. App Swarm Says It’s Mining a Lot of ETH It’s a unique situation given that so many hobby miners and small mining companies appear to be suffering...

Residents of a town called North Tonawanda in New York are not too happy about all the noise created by a nearby digital currency mining facility. Located on Erie Avenue, a street used by several neighborhoods, citizens feel that the noise levels are making the area unsafe. Crypto Mining Facility in New York Is Quite Noisy One of the residents complaining about the nose is a woman named Darlene Bolsover. In an interview, she says the mining facility presents a lot of...

The Darlington Township Board of Supervisors in Pennsylvania has a hard decision to make. A company known as Geopetro, LLC – based in Worthington, Ohio – is looking to establish a new crypto data mining center in Beaver County that will be powered by natural gas. Geopetro Is Moving Forward On Its Crypto Mining Project The arguments surrounding bitcoin and crypto mining have grown exponentially over the past year. While some say the process is not as damaging as many...

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...

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...

According to a recent study conducted by Bloomberg, the amount of energy used for crypto and bitcoin mining purposes in 2021 already outdoes all the energy used in 2020, and we’re not even three quarters of the way through the year. Crypto Mining Is Using a Lot of Electricity Some environmentalists are taking this as a bad sign. It suggests that people are not only mining more but may be increasing the carbon footprint that already stems from the mining industry. So far...

Central Washington – an area that has attracted a high level of bitcoin and crypto mining operations thanks to its low energy costs – has been told to watch out for any signs of bootleg mining companies.Central Washington Is Now Keeping an Eye OutAmong the red flags that the area has been put on high alert for are unusually high energy bills and exhaust fans that operate on a 24-hour scale.The area has been one of the most sought-out regions amongst crypto and bitcoin miners since 2017. At...

Reports of a company known as Core Scientific have emerged in the news as of late. The enterprise is looking to expand its bitcoin mining operations throughout the U.S. While the firm is officially based in Bellevue, Washington, the company has also opened stations in several Midwest and southern states including North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia, and it doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon.Does Bitcoin Mining Still Hold Sway?The fact that all this is occurring in the United States is...

Since bitcoin first emerged on the scene, many have argued that the process of mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has caused the environment a lot of trouble. Many claim that the mining process requires far too much electricity, and that the energy being wasted on such frivolous operations is contributing to climate change and other environmental hazards.Does Bitcoin Mining Use a Lot of Energy? Well, It’s Complicated…In the past, many studies have been produced on this. It is often...