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China's central bank has ordered domestic banks and payment providers not to offer crypto services

China's central bank ordered domestic financial institutions to cut the payment channels of clients…

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A massive cannabis farm raided by UK police turned out to be a bitcoin mine

"It's certainly not what we were expecting," police said. "It had all the hallmarks of a cannabis c…

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Iran bans crypto mining for the summer ahead of peak electricity demand

The ban is effective immediately until September 22, Bloomberg reported. Around 85% of crypto minin…

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Kosovo is the latest country to ban crypto mining as it deals with a power crisis

The government also announced a 60-day state of emergency to deal with Europe’s ongoing energy…

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Iran has issued 30 crypto mining licenses despite a ban on mining this summer due to energy shortages

In May, the Iranian government banned crypto mining due to energy shortages as the process is highl…

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Crypto FAQs answered — everything you need to know about crypto regulations, trading, taxes and CBDC in India

So far, the legality of cryptocurrencies in India have been more or less grey. The country act…

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Indian authorities used Google Maps to expose illegal sand mining activities

According to CAG report submitted on Monday (9 July), the State Level Environment Impact Asses…

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Here’s how the vanishing Aravalli hills in Rajasthan are affecting air quality in Delhi

Rajasthan government has been held responsible for not keeping a check on illegal mining activit…

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Crypto mining rigs selling with a ‘vengeance’ in Vietnam despite regulatory gray zones

Back in 2017, the country imported more than 7,000 rigs. Ironically, most of the rigs …

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Bitcoin mining powers the system that oversees transactions and creates new bitcoins

Bitcoin mining is the way transactions using the cryptocurrency are validated and how new bitcoins …

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Cryptocurrency FAQs — Everything you need to know about the cryptocurrencies, the crypto market and everything in between

The cryptocurrency market is not the same as the stock market, especially when it comes to having t…

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Venezuelans fighting the country's economic crisis are illegally mining gold to survive

Gold has become a key part of President Nicolas Maduro's plans to buoy the country's economy as oil…

Callum Burroughs   


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Watch Malaysian police use a steamroller to crush 1,069 bitcoin mining rigs worth $1.3 million

Police seized the rigs from miners who allegedly stole $2 million worth of electricity.

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Take a look inside this underground crypto mining farm in Ukraine with its 3,800 PlayStations and 5,000 computers

Police said that the illegal operation, the largest seen in Ukraine, was stealing as much as $259,3…

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Investors used the crypto crash after China's ban to buy the most bitcoin in four months last week: CoinShares

Investment in bitcoin hit its highest in four months in the week to September 24, when China announ…

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Cryptocurrencies recover from last week's China-led selloff, while decentralized exchange tokens sushi and uniswap surge by as much as 37%

The cryptocurrency market surged in value on Monday, recovering from Friday's slump that was trigge…

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China's ban on crypto has sent traders piling into decentralized exchanges. Here's a look at what DEX is and what tokens to watch

The crypto market bounced back on Monday after last week's selloff, with lesser-known DEX tokens li…

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China's crypto crackdown is shaking markets, but it's been trying to rein in the sector for years. Here's a timeline of Beijing's regulatory sweep.

China's hostility towards crypto stretches back to 2013, when the country banned banks from handlin…

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