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US Congress to tackle BTC mining’s environmental impact in upcoming hearing: report
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12 January, 2022

US Congress to tackle BTC mining’s environmental impact in upcoming hearing: report

Lawmakers in the United States are reportedly concerned about the impact the rising number of miners has on the environment...
Binance at the center of $100M digital currency scam in Pakistan
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11 January, 2022

Binance at the center of $100M digital currency scam in Pakistan

Over 30,000 investors were reportedly tricked into opening Binance accounts and transferring their digital assets to scammers, and the exchange...
CoinGeek Weekly Livestream: A special edition from the CES Day 2 in Las Vegas
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11 January, 2022

CoinGeek Weekly Livestream: A special edition from the CES Day 2 in Las Vegas

CoinGeek’s Chief Bitcoin Historian Kurt Wuckert Jr. returns for Day 2 of CES in Las Vegas, this time broadcasting from...
Kosovo bans digital currency mining after winter blackouts
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11 January, 2022

Kosovo bans digital currency mining after winter blackouts

Kosovo is eliminating all non-essential energy needs, such as block reward mining, after winter-fueled blackouts led the nation to a...
Deadly protests in Kazakhstan lead to 5-day Internet outage, BTC hash rate drops 13%
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11 January, 2022

Deadly protests in Kazakhstan lead to 5-day Internet outage, BTC hash rate drops 13%

Kazakhstan has been experiencing its deadliest protests ever with over 160 dead, and BTC hash rate took a nosedive after...
Crowd Machine ICO hit with fraud charges over $41M token sale in 2018
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11 January, 2022

Crowd Machine ICO hit with fraud charges over $41M token sale in 2018

Founder Craig Derel Sproule allegedly diverted some of the funds to gold mining operations in South Africa after promising to...

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