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Sweden to eliminate incentives for bitcoin miners, raising electricity tax by 6,000%

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Sweden is doing away with tax incentives for data centers come July 2023. This decision could affect bitcoin (BTC) miners who had turned to the Nordic country to increase their profitability. Sweden is eliminating tax incentives for

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Bill limiting incentives for crypto miners passes Texas Senate, moves to House

Texas lawmakers in the state’s Senate have approved a bill aimed at largely removing incentives for crypto miners operating under the seemingly friendly regulatory environment.In a 30-1 vote on the floor of the Texas State Senate on April 12, lawmakers in the 88th legislative session passed Senate Bill 1751, legislation

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‘Don’t Mess with Texas Innovation’ — Advocates criticize bill removing crypto mining incentives

Three crypto advocacy groups have launched a campaign in response to proposed legislation that would remove many incentives for miners operating in Texas.In an April 10 announcement, the Texas Blockchain Council, Chamber of Digital Commerce, and Satoshi Action Fund called on Texas residents to reach out to lawmakers in opposition

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Texas Senate committee moves forward on bill removing incentives for crypto miners

The Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce has passed legislation that would largely remove incentives for miners operating under the state’s crypto-friendly regulatory environment. In an April 4 session of the committee, Texas lawmakers agreed to move forward in a 10-0 vote on Senate Bill 1751 first introduced by state

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Ethereum layer-2 solutions may focus less on token incentives in the future

Layer-2 networks continue to gain momentum as the Ethereum ecosystem advances. For example, data from analytics provider Token Terminal found that layer-2 scaling solution Polygon had 313,457 daily active users as of Jan. 17, 2023 — a 30% increase in activity since October 2022. Moreover, the Polygon ecosystem recently announced the

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Swarm, Ethereum’s Storage Network, Announces Mainnet Storage Incentives and Web3PC Inception – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. Swarm, the decentralised storage and communication system built on Ethereum, is announcing the mainnet release of its storage incentives programme, a mechanism to reward storage providers, which now incorporates staking. Swarm has been in development for the past five years, having over $6 million in 2021 through

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Crypto firms failed to deliver ‘promised benefits’ from lawmaker-backed incentives, says nonprofit

The Tech Transparency Project, or TTP, a research initiative of the United States-based nonprofit watchdog group Campaign for Accountability, has released a report claiming crypto firms “provided little in return” for state governments offering financial incentives. In a report released Thursday, the TTP said that many crypto firms based in certain

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Senate Finance Committee Chair probes “lack of safeguards” in crypto tax incentives

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden is digging into the activities of crypto companies that take advantage of tax breaks provided by the Opportunity Zone program.Senator Wyden’s main concern stems from the perception that some crypto companies may be taking advantage of what he called “a lack of safeguards and transparency measures”

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