Russia Developing System to Identify Crypto Miners but Considers Giving Them Tax Break

A Russian ministry is preparing a bill for the regulation of cryptocurrency mining which reportedly includes a “special system” to detect crypto miners. In addition, there may be a 2-year tax break for miners as well as energy quotas and special tariffs. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies System to … Read more

Vietnam Imported More Mining Rigs in 3 Weeks This Month Than All of Last Year

The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department has revealed that in the first 3 weeks of this month almost 8,000 mining rigs were imported into the city. This number exceeds the entire count of mining rigs imported into Vietnam last year. Also read: South Korean Officials Caught Trading On Insider Knowledge of Crypto Regulations Nearly 8000 … Read more

Hydro-Quebec Unable to Meet Energy Demand From Cryptocurrency Miners

Hydro-Quebec, the largest state-owned utility in Canada, appears unable to meet the electricity demand from cryptocurrency miners seeking to establish operations in the energy-rich province. The announcement comes just weeks after the company sought to entice virtual currency miners as a means to bolster the province’s economic outlook, claiming that it had 5,000 megawatts of … Read more

New US $65 Million Bitcoin Mining Facility is Among Largest Data Centers in North America

Virginia Beach, Virginia isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of bitcoin mining activity, but that appears to be changing, and soon. A local company has sunk 65 million USD into a giant facility, as the resort town attempts to become a hub for data centers. Also read: Have Lunch with Bitcoin Jesus in Paradise 65 Million … Read more

Businessman Outright Buys Two Electric Power Stations to Do Bitcoin Mining in Russia

China has dominated the bitcoin mining industry for a couple of years, but fears of a government clampdown are signaling now might be the best time to enter the market elsewhere in the world. And someone just made a big bet that Russia, with its cold weather and plentiful fossil fuel energy sources, is the … Read more

Canadian Entrepreneur Seeks to Recycle Heat Generated by Cryptocurrency Mining

A Canadian entrepreneur has sought to recycle the heat generated through bitcoin mining by growing plants and fish suited to the temperatures produced by cryptocurrency mining rigs by utilizing an aquaponic system. Also Read: Bitcoin Pushes Canada Toward State Crypto Coin Canadian Entrepreneur Recycles Heat From Cryptocurrency Mining to Grow Food Bruce Hardy, a Manitoba-based entrepreneur, … Read more

Mining Operations Offered to India After Mixed Signals from Beijing

Members of the Indian crypto community have received offers to set up mining facilities after reports of potentially negative developments for miners in China. According to local media, businesses are already exploring such opportunities as India has some of the lowest electricity rates. Upcoming regulation, however, may put some hurdles on the track. Also read: … Read more