Electricity News

The gaming hardware confiscated by the Ukrainian police was being used to create in-game currency and not for farming cryptocurrency.

Russian crypto advocates are already collaborating with a consortium including some of China’s largest crypto mining-related companies.

The Anhui government is addressing growing electricity demand by shutting down local crypto mining operations.

Miners used an empty warehouse of an electricity supply company to plug into the grid and mine crypto on a variety of devices, including gaming consoles.

Bitcoin’s total annual electricity consumption has fallen almost 60% since its all-time peak recorded in mid-May, according to industry data.

Discounted tariffs made Iran attractive to miners, now the country is having a hard time closing the gap between the production and consumption of electricity.

The new law introduces an additional tax levy for energy used by crypto miners starting from January 2022.

Advertisements for small-scale hydro plants have reportedly surged on Chinese secondhand e-commerce platforms.

Crypto miners in Ya'an City have reportedly been ordered to temporarily shut down their operations.

Miners dislocated by China’s crackdown are looking to Texas for cheap electricity, but the state’s grid is already on the brink of disaster amid a sweltering summer.

After introducing a new carbon-neutral system for Bitcoin investment in April, One River Digital has already applied for a carbon-neutral BTC ETF.

Iran's government has placed an immediate embargo on Bitcoin and crypto mining to preserve electricity over the summer months.

Iran is fighting against unauthorized crypto mining amid ongoing energy supply shortages.

A Chinese–Iranian Bitcoin mining facility is set to resume operations after being forced to shut down earlier in the year.

Victoria Bitter has partnered with blockchain energy trading platform Power Ledger to allow customers to earn beer with surplus solar energy.