You Searched For "bitcoin ban" and got 20 results
Sort By:
2 mins read
Campaigners call for bitcoin miners to drop 'proof of work' to reduce their excessive use of energy
Greenpeace and other climate groups hope to tackle the excessive energy use in bitcoin mining by en…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
1 min read
Russia is mulling energy tariffs for crypto mining amid a wave of migration following China's ban, report says
"We can't let miners capitalize on the situation at the expense of low residential electricity tari…
Isabelle Lee
1 min read
China catches hundreds of banned crypto miners stealing electricity amid energy crisis
Banned crypto miners reportedly siphoned electricity from public agencies and universities during a…
Carla Mozée
1 min read
The president of Belarus reportedly wants his government to mine crypto using spare power infrastructure
Alexander Lukashenko said his country has enough energy resources to power cryptocurrency mining, a…
Isabelle Lee
1 min read
China's crypto crackdown expands as a northern province announces new restrictions on mining and trading in cooperation with Beijing
"Cryptocurrency mining consumes an enormous amount of energy, which is against China's 'carbon neut…
Carla Mozée
1 min read
Alibaba will block sales of crypto mining equipment beginning October 8 to comply with China's clampdown
Alibaba will also prohibit the sale of cryptocurrencies themselves and ban any tutorials, strategie…
Isabelle Lee
1 min read
Marathon Digital and other crypto-linked stocks drop after China declares cryptocurrency transactions illegal
China says bitcoin and ether cannot be used as currency in the world's second-largest economy, send…
Carla Mozée
5 mins read
China's FUD drags down Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies yet again
Moreover, employees working for crypto exchanges that are not based out of China will be i…
2 mins read
A 'seismic shift' in Chinese crypto mining is underway and bitcoin could slide further as a result: Glassnode
Bitcoin's price could slide further as China's crypto crackdown pushes miners out of the market, sl…
Sophie Kiderlin
2 mins read
China crypto crackdown is far from over — it wants to add Bitcoin mining to the list of ‘eliminated’ industries and over 20 companies have already moved out
The statement issued by Chinese authorities stops one step short of calling cryptocu…
1 min read
Bitcoin tumbles 11% after China reiterates call for a mining and trading crackdown
China reportedly said it will act "resolutely" to prevent what it considers social risks stemming f…
Carla Mozée
3 mins read
China's crackdown on crypto slashed competition for North American bitcoin miners - and earnings are soaring to record highs as a result
Earnings reveal that non-Chinese mining firms produced more bitcoin in the second quarter amid Chin…
Emily Graffeo
3 mins read
The US has been sweeping up shares of the bitcoin hashrate as miners exit China
New data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance puts empirical evidence behind the ongoi…
Emily Graffeo
1 min read
Iran is ordering crypto-mining centers to shut down for the 2nd time this year to prevent blackouts
Iran is ordering authorized crypto-mining centers to shut down to prevent blackouts. Bloomberg was …
Isabelle Lee
2 mins read
China isn't the only nation nixing crypto. 50 other countries have placed bans on digital currencies to date.
Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Nepal, Qatar, and Tunisia have outlawed crypto, a…
Natasha Dailey
3 mins read
China's oldest crypto exchange exits cryptocurrency business amid government crackdown on Bitcoin mining
However, unlike BTCC, many crypto exchanges that Chinese citizens were using st…
1 min read
Bitcoin stages a rebound above $34,000 after wiping out all of its 2021 gains a day earlier
"We expect bitcoin to hold the $30,000 to $42,000 trading range for now," Pankaj Balani of Delta Ex…
Isabelle Lee
2 mins read
Cathie Wood doubles down on defense of bitcoin as environmentally conscious, and says there is 'nothing better' in terms of ESG
"Bitcoin mining will probably become part of utility ecosystems, and will proliferate renewables fa…
Isabelle Lee
2 mins read
Here's why experts say the crypto market will be just fine despite a possible Russian ban on everything from mining to trading
"There are bigger concerns right now in crypto," Chris Vecchio of DailyFX, said, citing a hawkish F…
Isabelle Lee
2 mins read
Why China's crypto crackdown is creating 'tremendous' opportunities for miners in other countries, according to industry execs
The ban on mining operations in China has actually helped bitcoin move towards its goal of becoming…