Sindri Thor Stefansson, the alleged mastermind of the so-called “big Bitcoin heist,” wrote to Icelandic newspaper Frettabladid and wants to be assured he can go home without being arrested again.
Customs officials in South Korea have tightened the standards applied to cryptocurrency mining chip imports, adding them to a list of products that must meet certain basic specifications before they can be imported.
Canada's Bitfarms has merged with Israel-based Blockchain Mining Ltd. to form one of the world’s largest mining outfits.
China’s cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain has cleared a hurdle in its bid to establish a mining facility in the state of Washington.
The Philippines' Securities and Exchange Commission has warned unregistered cloud mining operators--and their agents--that they could spend up to 21 years in jail for violating the securities laws.
Mining itself is certainly not illegal, but several people were arrested in South Korea for allegedly trying to take advantage of the system to reduce their expenses and gain inflated values.
In a bid to prevent cryptojacking, all Chrome web browsers that mine cryptocurrencies are now banned from the Google Chrome Web Store.
The idea on the surface seems to make sense. A “selfish miner” who discovers a block, can choose to keep the discovered block a secret.
A Chinese company has released a cellphone that it claims will allow the user to mine BTC and record information, like fingerprints and location, directly on the blockchain.
In Venezuela, people are being called upon to build cryptocurrency mining farms throughout the country.
New York doesn’t seem to be getting along with cryptocurrency companies until now.
Nakamotox founder Kamil Brejcha said the start-up has already produced five acres worth of tomatoes.
