China’s ban on cryptocurrency mining forced Bitcoin entrepreneurs to flee overseas. Many were heading to Texas, which is quickly becoming the next global cryptocurrency capital. Different executives w...
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Texas Governor Greg Abbot Turns To Bitcoin Mining To Incentivize Power Production Amid Re-Election Bid
Governor Greg Abbott has turned to an unlikely corner to help shore up the state’s lagging power grid, turning to Bitcoin miners to help stabilize the Texas power grid. Governor Abbott has made severa...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Is Inviting Bitcoin Miners to Stabilize Electrical Grid
In brief Governor Abbott thinks Bitcoin mining could incentivize power production that stabilizes the Texas grid. Other jurisdictions have outlawed Bitcoin miners for placing added stress on their gri...
Texas Electric Grid Survives Recent Cold Snap
AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 08: (L-R) State Rep. Chris Paddie, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and State Senator … [+] Kelly Hancock attend a press conference where Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at ...
Texan Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 2 Men In Coffin Near U.S.-Mexico Border
Topline A Texas resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling two men near the U.S.-Mexico border in an American flag-draped coffin, an unusual scheme thwarted by Border Patrol last year, as immigratio...
Texas Instruments is trading higher after-hours: what’s fuelling the stock?
Shares of Texas Instruments Inc (NASDAQ: TXN) jumped 5.0% in extended trading after the chipmaker reported market-beating results for its fiscal fourth quarter. TXN is on Invezz’s list of the top thre...
America’s Winningest Fracker Said To Be Near $2.4 Billion Shale Gas Sale
Trevor Rees-Jones in the “party barn” on his ranch, fall 2015. Matthew Mahon, for Forbes, 2015. If the rumors are true and Dallas billionaire Trevor Rees-Jones is set to sell his Chief Oil...
Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine
Australian crypto miner Iris Energy (IREN) secured a 600-megawatt connection for a new Texas crypto mining facility, the company said on Friday. The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities a...
LendInvest chair Faes to set up crypto mining operation in Texas
Christian Faes, co-founder and executive chair of London-listed fintech firm LendInvest, has quietly set up a crypto mining operation into which he and a small group of investors have poured tens of m...
Florida And South Texas Bracing For Rare Winter Storm—These Impacts Could Hit The South
Topline A highly unusual southern winter storm is set to bring icy conditions all the way down to the Gulf Coast Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service, ushering in potentially dang...
FBI Names Malik Faisal Akram As Man Killed After Taking Hostages At Texas Synagogue
Topline The armed man who took four people hostage, including a rabbi, for nearly 12 hours at a Texas synagogue has been identified as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram, the FBI Dallas F...
Abortion Providers Say Appeals Court Is Slow-Walking Texas SB 8 Lawsuit, Petition Supreme Court To Intervene — Again
Topline Abortion providers asked the Supreme Court Monday to consider their lawsuit challenging Texas’ near-total ban on abortion for a third time, in hopes of speeding up the case after a conservativ...