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Townsquare Media, a New York based digital marketing and radio station company is the latest business to back the original cryptocurrency with its addition of $5 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to its balance sheet.A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing Townsquare’s purchase of Bitcoin was first
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The state senate should reject the legislation, which recently passed the assembly and would place a moratorium on approvals for permits for digital mining operations that use nonrenewable energy sources. Source
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Last week, New York dominated crypto media headlines in very different ways. In New York State, the local Assembly voted in favor of the bill that would ban for two years any new mining operations that rely on proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanisms and use fossil fuel-generated energy. A temporary moratorium, which
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The Empire State made two appearances on the regulatory stage last week, and neither was entirely reassuring. On April 25, bill S8839 was proposed in the New York State (NYS) Senate that would criminalize “rug pulls” and other crypto frauds, while two days later, the state’s Assembly passed a ban on
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The New York State Assembly passed a bill late on Tuesday April 26 that would place a two-year ban on all new proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining facilities in the state that use a carbon based fuel to power their operations.The bill sponsored by Anna Kelles would not only impose a
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However, advocates of the bill noted that existing facilities would remain unaffected by the bill, as well as any facilities that tap renewable resources. The bill itself specifies that the New York Department of Energy "shall not approve a new application for or issue a new permit ... for an
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The bill would place a two-year moratorium on new permits for proof-of-work mining operations in former power plants. Original Source
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Quick take: The New York State Assembly is scheduled to vote on a proposed ban on crypto mining activities in the state The vote will be carried out on Monday, April 25th If successful, the Bill proposed under number A7389C will make New York the first state to ban proof-of-work networks such as
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a 37-year-old man on Wednesday it says defrauded more than a dozen victims out of a total of $1.8 million in a long-running crypto mining scam. Original Source
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The cost of running a crypto business in New York is about to rise with the state government gearing up to require companies holding a BitLicense to pay assessment fees to ensure they’re complying with regulations.The rule was included in New York State’s FY2023 budget signed into law on April
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