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Finance

Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine

The Texas facility will boost the miners' total hashrate to 15.2 EH/s in 2023.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Power Management Firm Lancium Signs $2.4B Data Center Development Deal

The construction of the data center, which will focus on bitcoin mining and other energy-intensive applications, will start in the first quarter of 2022.

Crypto mining machines (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Former Oilfield Drillers See Energy Sector and Bitcoin Mining Joining Forces

If the founders of bitcoin miner JAI Energy are right, the two industries are an ideal match.

JAI Energy management (from left) Adam Sarvey with founders Ryan Leachman and Justin Ballard (JAI Energy)

Finance

Genesis Digital Expands in US With 300MW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas

Genesis is building a new bitcoin mining facility to expand its North American operations using power partially from renewable energy sources.

Solar power

Finance

Bitqyck Founders Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion

Bruce Bise, 60, and Samuel Mendez, 65, face up to five years in federal prison after evading a combined $1.6 million in taxes.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

Bitcoin Mining Is Reshaping the Energy Sector and No One Is Talking About It

In other news: Ted Cruz understands bitcoin mining’s potential role in a greener energy system.

(Jared Evans/Unsplash)

Finance

Core Scientific to Build 300MW Blockchain Data Center in Texas

The new data center will increase Core’s total power capacity to more than 800MW.

(Chris McLoughlin/Moment/Getty Images)

Policy

Texas Securities Regulator Adds Celsius to Its Crypto Lending Crosshairs

Texas has already issued a similar warning to BlockFi.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

Markets

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Releases Classical Music NFTs on Rarible

The opening bid for an NFT featuring the video of an emotional musical concert held in May will be $50,000.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is releasing its own NFT.