Bitcoin-mining power plant raises ire of environmentalists VIEW
A bitcoin operation in central New York has taken over a power plant to find cheap energy for currency mining in a move that has...
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U.S. overtakes China to become world’s largest bitcoin mining hub, report finds
The United States has surpassed China as the world's largest bitcoin mining hub. The change of status happened after China, which had been the global...
Read that link carefully: Scammers are hoping for big bucks from people’s tiny typos
Typo URLs, which look similar to the real URLs of cryptocurrency websites, have been used for fake versions of those sites that could steal your...
Far-right cryptocurrency follows ideology across borders VIEW
An Associated Press investigation has found that far-right provocateurs are raising millions in cryptocurrency from around the world
China cracks down harder on cryptocurrency, banning all transactions
China intensified its crackdown on cryptocurrency, declaring all financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies illegal and banning power-draining cryptocurrency mining. The clampdown comes as China's central bank...
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