Canadian federal law enforcement agencies, along with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Canada (FINTRAC), have begun investigating donations made to Freedom Convoy protestors, including those that were made using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. On Wednesday, the Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered all regulated

Riot Blockchain January highlights * 3.4 EH/s with 32,552 active miners * 458 BTC mined * 5,347 total BTC held as of January 31, 2022  A new January report showcases Riot’s latest Bitcoin mining efforts. Compared to statistics released in January of 2021, Riot’s production has increased

The Domos de San Pedro geothermal power plant is located in the central western region of Mexico. Owned by a private company, Grupo Drago, the power plant is the first to produce geothermal energy in Mexico. Grupo Drago was founded in 2010 and began funding the development of the Domos

Oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips announced this week that they are partnering with an undisclosed Bitcoin mining company as part of a pilot project to reduce flaring. According to a ConocoPhillips spokesperson, they have “one Bitcoin pilot project currently operating in the Bakken [a region in North Dakota known for

Prior to the spring of 2021, the majority of the hashrate to secure the Bitcoin network was located in China. Miners were consistently adding more ASIC machines to their mining farms in order to earn rewards for providing energy to the network.  During the spring of that year, the China

On Monday, leaders of the Tallycoin fundraiser for the Freedom Convoy in Canada voluntarily stopped accepting donations, at least for the time being. At the time of deactivation, the HonkHonk Hodl group had raised approximately 22 BTC, valued at nearly $1 million, through the bitcoin fundraising platform Tallycoin.  The Freedom

In January, the first mention of Intel’s application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) was revealed in an agenda for the International Solid State Circuit Conference. Less than a month later, Senior Vice President General Manager Raja M. Koduri Announced on Intel’s Newsroom page that the company is developing a more

On February 8th, 2022 - Compute North announced a $385MM raise to help fund the development of new U.S based data centers with a focus on sustainability and efficiency. The round was co-led by Mercuria and Generate Capital with additional investors including National Grid Partners.  Compute North aims to