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New York's crypto mining restrictions are the first in the nation
New York's governor has signed a law making it the first state to restrict cryptocurrency mining.
Elizabeth Warren presses Texas on crypto miners’ energy use
Elizabeth Warren and six other Democratic senators are pressing Texas’ energy regulator on whether the crypto mining industry is putting additional strain on the state’s grid.
Democratic lawmakers want federal regulators to track crypto mining energy use and emissions
Democratic lawmakers want federal regulators to require crypto miners to disclose their energy use
NVIDIA pays $5.5 million to settle SEC charges over GPU sales to crypto miners
NVIDIA has settled with the SEC over charges it didn't disclose how much it benefited from GPU sales to crypto miners.
China limits investments in cryptocurrency mining
China has put cryptocurrency mining on a 'negative list' that could limit or ban investment in the technology.
China's central bank says cryptocurrency transactions are illegal
The country says it will crack down on illegal crypto mining.
UK police raided a shady Bitcoin mining facility they thought was a weed farm
UK police have busted a crypto mine that they thought was a cannabis farm.
NVIDIA limits RTX 3060 crypto speeds as it introduces mining cards
NVIDIA is limiting the GeForce RTX 3060's usefulness for cryptocurrency mining as it launches a separate line, CMP, for miners.
Firefox 69 blocks cookies and crypto-mining tracking by default
After announcing new security efforts in June, Mozilla is now rolling out the features for all Firefox users on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. By partnering with Disconnect, Firefox will now block third-party cookies; it can also block crypto-miners from accessing users' hardware. With Firefox 69 (rolling out today), these options will be enabled by default.
Researchers helped French police dismantle a crypto-mining botnet
It seems like every week there's news of a new piece of malware being used to steal user data or to take control of devices. For once, though, there's some good news in the war on intrusive software: A botnet which was spreading crypto-mining malware has been taken over by police and used to remove the malware from infected computers.
