Topline After eight days, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) Friday repealed an order requiring enhanced inspections of vehicles entering the state through the Mexico border—a measure Abbott said was necessar...
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Texas regulators order virtual casino to stop selling NFTs
A virtual, Cyprus-registered casino, Sand Vegas Casino Club, faced an emergency cease and desist order from Texas and Alabama state securities regulators. The company is ordered to “stop a fraudulent ...
Texas, Alabama securities regulators serve a casino NFT scheme cease-and-desists
The Texan securities regulator has issued an emergency cease and desist order to a metaverse investment scheme it has accused of being fraudulent The Texas Securities Commission is accusing Sand Vegas...
Texas Enforces New Rules for Crypto Miners
Crypto miners in Texas must get approval from ERCOT to connect their rigs to the state’s power grid. Texas Requires New Permissions Before Crypto Can Be Mined It has come to the attention of the crypt...
Tesla’s Texas Charger Grant Applications Fail; It’s Bad For Texas But Reveals Tesla’s Super-Low Costs
The VW Dieselgate scandal has paid for the Texas EV charging grants and also for Electrify America AFP via Getty Images A Texas program which gives grants to install fast EV chargers, as long as they ...
Texas Gov. Abbott Says First Migrant Bus Arrives In D.C., Which White House Calls A ‘Publicity Stunt’
Topline Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) followed through Wednesday with his promise to send migrants released from federal custody near the Texas-Mexico border to Washington, D.C., in what the governor say...
Texas DA Drops Murder Charges Against Woman For ‘Self-Induced Abortion’
Topline A prosecutor in South Texas said Sunday he will seek to dismiss a murder charge against Lizelle Herrera, a Texas woman who was arrested and jailed Thursday after authorities claimed she caused...
Tesla, Blockstream and Block Break Ground on All-Solar Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas
Blockstream has started construction on the all-solar Bitcoin mining facility it’s building in Texas with Block, Inc. and Tesla. The partnership was announced last year, when Block (formerly known as ...
Blockstream, Tesla, And Block Kick Start Construction on All-Solar Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas
Blockstream, a blockchain technology firm, has kick-started the construction of a Bitcoin mining facility that is all solar. The company is building the Bitcoin mining facility in partnership with Blo...
Block and Blockstream to Create 100% Solar Powered Mining Farm Using Tesla Technology in Texas
Blockstream and Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly Square) are constructing a solar-and-battery-powered bitcoin mine in Texas, powered by Tesla’s 3.8 Megawatt solar PV array and the 12 megawatt-hour Megapa...
Tesla, Blockstream, and Block Team Up to Mine Bitcoin in Texas
Block, formerly named Square, and Blockstream team up to mine bitcoin off Tesla-supported solar power in Texas, as reported by CNBC. Bitcoin mining is seen as an activity that incentivizes the monetiz...
Compute North Reveals Bitcoin Miner Is Building a 300 MW Data Center in Texas – Mining Bitcoin News
The bitcoin mining operation Compute North has announced it is in the midst of constructing a 300-megawatt (MW) data center in Granbury, Texas. According to the mining firm, the data center located ne...
Blockstream and Block collaborate on Texas Bitcoin mine
Block, formerly Square, and Blockstream are collaborating on a solar- and battery-powered Bitcoin (BTC/USD) mine in Texas, which uses Tesla storage and solar technology. The facility will be powered b...
Elon Musk Opens Tesla’s ‘Giga Texas’ That He Says Is The Biggest U.S. Plant
Elon Musk celebrates the opening of Tesla’s Giga Texas plant in Austin. Tesla via YouTube Elon Musk marked the official start of production at Tesla’s new Giga Texas plant in Austin, saying it’s...
Army Corps Halts Permit Review For SpaceX’s Texas Launch Site
Topline The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended SpaceX’s application to expand its South Texas rocket launch site, according to a letter from the Corps sent to SpaceX and viewed by Bloomberg and th...
Aurora AUR Werner Enterprises WERN self-driving trucks in Texas
06 January 2022, US, Las Vegas: Robotic truck company Aurora shows off a self-driving semi-truck at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. In the Corona pandemic, interest in autonomous freight transport inc...
Tesla’s Water Worries Don’t End In Berlin; Giga Texas In Booming Austin May Also See Drier Times
Tesla is throwing a party on April 7 to mark the official opening of Giga Texas, its plant near Austin. Tesla Tesla’s first European auto plant opened in eastern Germany after delayed approval from lo...
Texas Bank to Add Bitcoin Salary Payments in Employee Savings Program
Tomiwabold Olajide The launch of the new savings program exemplifies the financial evolution of Bitcoin Texas-based Laredo Vantage Bank is planning to offer a new way for their employees to have a Bit...
Brenham, Texas Is Scaling Back Energy for Crypto Mining
The city of Brenham in Texas has always been a major crypto mining hub. Many residents have taken to crypto mining as a hobby or as a means of earning extra funds. They do not employ expensive machine...
Cleanspark Reveals Texas Expansion — Bitcoin Miner Plans to Add 500 MW of Mining Power – Mining Bitcoin News
Bitcoin miner Cleanspark has revealed the company is expanding operations in Texas with up to 500 megawatts (MW) of renewable power. The firm has inked a deal with the Houston-based Lancium to initial...
Texas: crypto miners and the demand for electricity
In Texas, crypto miners must now seek approval for the state’s electricity supply, due to a sharp rise in demand. Members of Ercot, the state’s main grid operator, voted to create a task force with th...
Crypto miners in Texas at risk of potential regulation due to operation growth
TL;DR Breakdown • ERCOT expects energy agencies in Texas to show their proposals to end electrical problems.• Crypto miners believe their work could double in the next few years. Recently Texas asked ...
Cassidy Lichtman Shares Why Athletes Unlimited Volleyball Returned To Texas For Season 2
Athletes Unlimited Board Member and Volleyball player Cassidy Lichtman wearing an I Am Unlimited … [+] short. Jade Hewitt, Athletes Unlimited Cassidy Lichtman has played volleyball all around th...
DCG Mining Subsidiary Foundry Joins Texas Blockchain Council to Help Shape Crypto Public Policy – Bitcoin News
On Tuesday, Digital Currency Group’s (DCG) mining subsidiary, Foundry Digital, announced the company has joined the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), a nonprofit industry association in the state of Tex...
Injured Fox News Correspondent Benjamin Hall Is In Texas Hospital, Has Undergone ‘Multiple Surgeries’
Topline Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was injured in an attack in Ukraine last week that left two reporters dead, has been moved to a hospital in Texas after undergoing multiple surgeries,...
Texas Survey Shows Why Oil Producers Aren’t Drilling More
Text size The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveyed 141 oil and gas firms in the 11th Fed District, which includes Texas and parts of New Mexico and Louisiana. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil and gas...
DOJ Says Texas County’s Redistricting Plan Denies Equal Representation To Minority Voters
Topline The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Thursday against Galveston County, Texas, alleging that its redistricting plan discriminates against Black and Hispanic voters by eliminating the only...