Texas Licensed Bitcoin miners to halt all Bitcoin mining activities. Texas recorded its all-time highest temperature on ten July. For the last few months, Texas was in the path...
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Texas Bitcoin Miners Shut Down Operations Due to Heat Wave – crypto.news
Industrial Bitcoin miners in Texas have shut down operations in response to a request from the state’s grid operator amid a current heat wave, while projecting an increased demand for electricity. Cry...
Louisiana Abortion Ban Blocked Again—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline A Louisiana judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order that once again blocks the state’s abortion ban from taking effect until a court hearing early next week, as abortion pr...
Bitcoin Miners in Texas Halt Operations due to a Severe Heat Wave
Bitcoin mining companies in Texas turned off their machines in anticipation of extreme weather conditions. In some parts of the state, temperatures are expected to surpass 40 degrees (Celsius) which, ...
As Texas grid operator calls for energy conservation, some bitcoin miners paused operations
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) asked Texans and Texas businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity to conserve energy on Monday due to extreme temperatures. Energy-intensive bitco...
Extremely high temperatures in Texas force crypto miners to go offline
Texas is one of the largest Bitcoin mining states in the US. However, the state’s crypto miners could now be forced to shut down operations amid a major heat wave that has seen temperatures surpass 10...
A Texas Natural Gas Pipeline Highlights America’s Energy Conundrum
US President Joe Biden, flanked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, makes a … [+] statement about Russia at the US Chief of Mission residence in Brussels, on March 25, 2022. (...
Demand Response: Texas Bitcoin Miners To Shut Operations To Alleviate The Grid
A heat wave is about to hit Texas, and the bitcoin mining community is doing its part. This is the moment where the demand response program shows what it can do for the Texan community, but that’s sti...
Texas Bitcoin miners are being paid to shut down and return energy to the grid
Over the weekend, the state of Texas was subjected to triple-digit heat, causing temperatures to soar to levels that broke records that had stood for more than a century. The state’s grid operator iss...
Crypto Miners in Texas Halted Due to Extreme Heat
Many crypto miners have shut down operations due to a heatwave in Texas. With temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit already in most areas, the Electric Reliability Commission of Texas (ERCOT)...
Texas Crypto Miners Move to Switch Off as Heatwave Threatens Power Grid
Crypto miners in Texas shut down their operations ahead of a heat wave many anticipate will test the limits of the state’s power infrastructure. The request to shut down came from the nonprofit Elect...
Crypto miners in Texas shut down operations as state experiences extreme heat wave
With many parts of Texas enduring days of temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in July, many crypto miners have shuttered operations in anticipation of the state’s energy grid being unable to...
Heatwave Forces Texas Bitcoin Miners to Shut Down
Key Takeaways Bitcoin miners are turning their machines off following calls for energy conservation by Texas authorities in anticipation of a brutal heatwave. More than 1,000 megawatts worth of Bitcoi...
Lending Implosion Forces Regulatory Scrutiny in Texas and Alabama
Authorities in Texas and Alabama are widening their inquiry into the collapse of crypto-lending companies, Voyager Digital and Celsius Network. According to a Bloomberg report, the inquiry of the stat...
Troubled Crypto Lending Firms Investigated by Securities Regulators from Texas and Alabama
Alex Dovbnya State securities regulators have started investigating the embattled crypto companies that went underwater during the recent market turmoil State securities regulators in Alabama and Texa...
Louisiana Abortion Ban Goes Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Louisiana’s trigger laws banning abortion went back into effect Friday after a state judge lifted an order that had previously blocked them, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aim...
Riot Blockchain dumps New York, moving its miners to Texas
Bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain, among the largest in the US bitcoin mining space, is moving its miners from New York to Texas. The move comes as the Bitcoin miner looks to cut costs associated with hav...
Texas cryptocurrency miner to use power from batteries to support grid stability
Cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Lancium has partnered with Houston-based power producer Broad Reach Power, according to a July 7 statement. As part of the deal, Broad Reach will supply power fo...
Uvalde Police Officer Could Have Shot Gunman But Didn’t Get Response From Supervisor, Report Finds
Topline A Uvalde, Texas, police officer aimed his rifle toward a gunman outside Robb Elementary School before a brutal mass shooting over a month ago, but he didn’t get a response when he asked a supe...
Mississippi Court Lets Abortion Ban Stand—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Mississippi’s ban on abortion will take effect on Thursday, a state judge ruled Tuesday, denying a request by abortion providers to block the ban, as abortion providers file a string of lawsui...
Blackouts, Major Construction Delays Test U.S. Grid
Heatwaves are challenging the grid. getty The future for U.S. electric utilities is under a dark cloud — a cloud generated as much by their century-plus of success as anything else. The nation has com...
Uvalde School Police Chief Steps Down From City Council Amid Criticism For Mass Shooting Response
Topline Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo has resigned from the city council of Uvalde, Texas, weeks after he was sworn in amid harsh criticism for his response to the deadliest schoo...
Tesla Delivery Pace Drops In Second Quarter On China Slowdown
Elon Musk at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Tesla’s billionaire CEO had anticipated more robust deliveries at the start of the seco...
Ohio Supreme Court Lets Abortion Ban Stand—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Ohio’s six-week ban on abortion will remain in effect for now, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to block state-level bans that took ...
Modern Agriculture’s House Of Cards, Inside California’s Controversial Prop 13, And Why Private Label Is Having A Moment
As David Barber, a partner at agriculture and food investors Astanor Ventures, told me while reporting my latest feature, modern agriculture has been built on three key assumptions: cheap energy, free...
Texas Educators Will Call It ‘Involuntary Relocation’ Under New Plan—And Here’s Where Else It’s Happening
Topline Texas educators proposed the Texas State Board of Educators teach slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade classrooms – the latest attempt from Republican lawmakers to downplay the ...
Notre Dame Could Follow USC, UCLA And Dollar Signs To Big Ten
SOUTH BEND, IN – APRIL 23: Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman points down field … [+] during the Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Football Game on April 23, 2022 at Notre Dame ...
White Rock Management si sposta in Texas
Swiss mining company White Rock Management announced today that it is moving to the States and more specifically to Texas, in the Brazos Valley. Texas attracts White Rock Management White Rock Manage...
Texas’ Pre-Roe Abortion Ban Blocked In Court — Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Texas became the third state Monday to have a statewide abortion ban blocked in state court despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, as abortion providers file a string of lawsu...