Swiss miner White Rock launches Texas operation in first US venture
White Rock says that the new facility will rely on by-product natural gas from active oil wells located onsite, recycling 82m cubic feet of gas per megawatt.
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Celsius Network being pursued by regulators in 5 US states over withdrawal freeze
Celsius Network claimed that the freeze was in the interest of its customers, but regulators in Texas, Kentucky, New Jersey, and even the Securities and Exchange Commission are not taking their word.
US states crack down on metaverse project with links to Russia
The Flamingo Casino Club has claimed to be linked to a Vegas casino falsely, lied about donating to Ukraine victims, and hid its previous ties to Russia, authorities said.
Argo borrows $70M from NYDIG to buy mining rigs for its Texas facility
In its filing with the U.S. securities regulator, Argo confirmed that its wholly-owned subsidiary Argo Helios had entered into additional loans under the company’s equipment financing agreement.
Binance wants out of $8M romance scam, denies any responsibility
Binance argued in a Texas court that it should not be held responsible for the loss of the funds even though the scammers cashed out through its platform.
Texas and Alabama halt sale of metaverse casino NFTs
The states’ securities regulators served cease and desist orders to the sellers of the 12,000 Gambler NFTs who violated securities regulation.
6 US regulators crackdown on Voyager Digital over interest-bearing accounts
The regulators filed a mix of show cause and cease and desist orders against Voyager, which replied by saying that its products haven’t violated securities laws.
Hive Blockchain eyes double hash rate with Intel mining chips
The publicly-traded block reward miner will be receiving the much-improved second generation of the Intel Bonanza Mine ASIC chip on its new mining devices.
Argo Blockchain offers $57.5M in senior notes to fund Texas mining site
Argo will offer senior unsecured notes to raise $58 million, which it will use to finance its Texas mining site that’s set to generate 800MW of electrical power.
Celsius booted out in latest US digital currency lending purge
After they took action against BlockFi, three U.S. states have now filed orders seeking to kick Celsius out as the war on digital currency lending continues.
Texas files cease and desist against BlockFi
The state of Texas has filed a Cease and Desist order against BlockFi and claims that BlockFi's Interest Accounts are unregistered securities.
Texas court bans BTC platform PaxForex, imposes $374K penalty
The company is accused of engaging in illegal, off-exchange transactions in these digital currencies as well as foreign currencies and precious metals without registering with the regulators.