The main utility company in Irkutsk is looking to collect almost $800,000 from owners of crypto farms that have allegedly caused a spike in electricity
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Kazakhstan Shuts Down Crypto Mining Farms Till February
Data centers minting cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan were cut off from the nation’s power grid this week and will remain unplugged for the rest of January.
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Decommissioned Power Plant in Armenia to Host Crypto Mining Farms
Armenia is going to invite cryptocurrency miners to install their coin minting hardware in an old thermal power plant. The TPP will be decommissioned and
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Regulator Reiterates Call for EU Ban on Proof-of-Work Mining
The EU should prohibit proof-of-work crypto mining, an executive at the European securities watchdog has insisted. Coins relying on the energy-intensive method of minting pose
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Crypto Miner Convicted in Russia for Allegedly Stealing Power to Mint Digital Coins
A regional court has sentenced a man accused of illegally connecting his crypto farm to the grid to two years in prison. The decision comes
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Georgia Goes After Crypto Miners Using Subsidized Electricity in Historic Town
A record high consumption of electricity blamed on illegal crypto farms in northwestern Georgia has caught the attention of authorities in the capital Tbilisi. The
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