By mid-Q3 2023, Tether intends to mine its first bitcoin in the Uruguayan plant. By starting a mining facility in Uruguay that will be operational by the middle of the third quarter of 2023, Tether is doubling down on its Bitcoin plan, the company said to Blockworks on Tuesday. Tether …
Read More »New US Draft Law classifies digital assets as commodities
A widely anticipated crypto regulation was unveiled on Tuesday. The draft law provides some long awaited clarity for crypto markets and provided definitions for most digital assets as commodities, giving most of the oversight to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Known as the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, the draft law was …
Read More »Why Cryptocurrency Mining Stocks Surged On Tuesday
Cryptocurrency mining stocks recorded gains, on Tuesday, due to a price rebound among cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin ( BTC -0.08% ), in addition to the hotter than normal stock market. The S&P 500 was up 2%, which is a big move for a single day. And Bitcoin is up 4% over …
Read More »Texas to Become Bitcoin Capital
Texas is home of the most vulnerable power grid across the United States. The state is preparing to be hit by a surge in demand for electricity that’s twice as much as the size of Austin’s.An army of cryptocurrency miners opted to head to Texas state to utilize cheap power …
Read More »Bitcoin Slides After Chinese Warning, US Law
Bitcoin fell around $60,000 on Tuesday, after it had been hit by a blend of bearish factors, including the US infrastructure bill that imposes tougher rules on cryptocurrencies trading taxes and a new warning from China to firms regarding mining.Bitcoin fell by more than 10% at one point, dropped below …
Read More »After Chinese ban, crypto mining under scrutiny by a new U. S. law
Senators Maggie Hassan and Joni Ernst introduced a new bill Monday intended to impose stronger oversight on crypto mining overseas.The proposed bill requires the Treasury Dept. to submit to Congress a report on how nations are mining cryptocurrency, along with how much cryptocurrency has been mined since 2016 within both …
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