After Bitcoin (BTC) miners in Texas heeded the state’s grid operator’s pleas to consumers to reduce power usage during peak demand due to record-breaking temperatures, one of the largest cryptocurrenc...
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Gavin Newsom’s Needling Of GOP Governors Will Be Paid For By Taxpayers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) made national news for his recent TV ad campaign encouraging Floridians to move t...
Bitcoin Miner Riot Earned $9.5M for Shutting Down During Texas Heatwave
Riot blockchain paused mining operations at its Texas facility last month upon request from the state—and was handsomely rewarded. The industrial crypto miner, according to a company statement on Wedn...
Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Earned $9.5M for Curtailing Operations in Texas
Riot Blockchain reduced mining operations in Texas last month, as the state coped with surging energy demand amid a heatwave. Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain reportedly cut its mining operation...
Whiskey Myers Releases ‘Tornillo’ & The Album Is Another Big Win For This Independent Band From Texas
Whiskey Myers Credit: Khris Poage It’s been a whirlwind summer for Whiskey Myers. The Texas-based band has sold out shows, added tour dates, and played major venues like Red Rocks and Bonnaroo – all w...
Texas Militia Member Gets 87 Months In Prison For Jan 6. Riots—Longest Sentence So Far
Topline Guy Reffitt, a recruiter for the far-right Texas Three Percenters militia group who prosecutors say brought a semiautomatic pistol and zip ties to the January 6 Capitol attack, was sentenced t...
Alex Jones Puts Infowars’ Parent Company Into Bankruptcy During Texas Defamation Trial
Alex Jones put the company behind his Infowars conspiracy site into bankruptcy on Friday as the broadcast host stands trial in Texas to determine how much he owes the families of Sandy Hook victims fo...
Heat wave puts miners in serious trouble in Texas
A new heat wave hits Texas, and cryptocurrency miners are feeling all the negative effects. Texas summer doesn’t seem like a good place for cryptocurrency miners Mining requires a great deal of elect...
Louisiana Abortion Ban To Go Back Into Effect—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Louisiana’s abortion ban will soon go back into effect after being previously blocked, an appeals court ruled Friday amid a back-and-forth legal battle, as abortion providers file a string of ...
D.C. Mayor Requests National Guard Help As Texas And Arizona Bus Migrants To City
Topline D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) requested an indefinite activation of the D.C. National Guard on Thursday to respond to a migrant surge she labeled a “humanitarian crisis,” a situation caused by ...
North Dakota Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline North Dakota’s abortion trigger ban was blocked in state court Wednesday, one day before the law was set to take effect, as abortion providers file a string of lawsuits aiming to halt state-le...
TXN Stock: Texas Instruments Crushes Wall Street’s Estimates
Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TXN) late Tuesday crushed Wall Street’s targets for the second quarter and guided higher for the current period. TXN stock jumped in extended trading. X The Dallas-b...
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Texas to Enshrine Cryptocurrency in State’s Constitution – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) might add a new clause to the Bill of Rights. This new clause would grant people the right to own, possess, and utilize any kind of medium of exchange they choose, ...
Texas GOP Call for Bill of Rights Amendment to Foster Crypto Adoption – crypto.news
The Republican Party politicians in the state of Texas are calling for the State’s Bill of Rights to include a clause, which will allow citizens to own, hold, and be at liberty to use whatever medium ...
Supreme Court Declines To Restore Biden’s Curbs On ICE Arrests—For Now
Topline The Supreme Court on Thursday chose not to remove a lower court block on a Biden Administration policy that narrowed down the types of people Immigration and Customs Enforcement can target for...
Why Bitcoin Miners In Texas Have Suspended Mining Operations?
Bitcoin Miners have stopped mining operations in Texas to relieve pressure from the power grid. SATO CEO Nouzareth says managing loads of electricity through curtailment is beneficial for BTC miners....
Texas Bitcoin Miners Power Back Up after Voluntary Suspension During Grid Strain
Bitcoin mining operations in Texas have resumed amid record temperatures sweeping across parts of the United States and Europe. Following a request from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCO...
Texas Bitcoin Miners Go Live Again After Power Outage
Bitcoin miners in the Lone Star State are back in action after halting operations over power cuts at the start of the month. Texas power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT...
Bitcoin Miners In Texas Back Online After Shutdown To Ease Stressed Power Grid
An industry body announced on Wednesday that major bitcoin mining facilities in Texas have resumed operations following power outages earlier in the month caused by hot temperatures that triggered a r...
Texas Bitcoin miners resume operations after shutting down due to high power demand
After weeks of inactivity as part of stabilising electricity usage, large-scale Bitcoin miners in Texas have resumed normal operations. The operators had halted mining activities following increased ...
A Tech CEO Lived Large While His Employees Went Unpaid
A Forbes investigation found that Chris Kirchner, of the $240 million Goldman Sachs-backed startup Slync.io, fired executives after they asked questions about the company’s funds. Now, he’s facing a l...
A Class On Harry Styles Is Coming To This Texas University
Topline Students at a university in Texas will have the chance to study Harry Styles next spring as part of the first-ever college course dedicated to the British pop star. Harry Styles performs on st...
Gas Prices Hurt People Going To The Doctor, But Interstate Telehealth Can Help
Everyone can’t help but notice that since the end of 2020, prices at the pump have nearly doubled across America. Gas costs $4.50 a gallon in Texas, $4.40 in Missouri, and over $6.00 in California. Th...
West Virginia Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Abortion is now allowed again in West Virginia, at least temporarily, after a state judge blocked on Monday a 19th century-era abortion ban that went back into effect last month, as abortion p...
Why Everyone Is Talking About The Texas Electric Grid
AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 08: Texas State Senator Charles Schwertner speaks during a press conference where … [+] Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Capitol on June 8, 2021 in...
Crypto Miners In Texas To Shut Down Amid Heatwave Concerns
Crypto excavators in Texas shut down their tasks in front of a heat wave Experts believe it will test the constraints of the state’s power framework The solicitation to close down came from the not-f...
Texas Sues Biden Administration For Requiring Abortions To Be Performed During Medical Emergencies
Topline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Thursday after the White House issued new guidance requiring physicians to perform abortions when medically necessary under fede...
Texas sues Biden administration over abortion rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden’s bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that fo...