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NVIDIA Lawyers Dismiss Investors' Crypto Mining Doc Requests: Report
Investors accuse NVIDIA of bungling the chipmaker's response to 2017's mining hardware boom.
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Marathon Boosting Bitcoin Mining Game With 1,360 More Rigs Arriving in August
The publicly traded firm has bought hundreds of rigs from mining hardware rivals MicroBT and Bitmain.
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Nvidia Disguised $1B in 'Fickle' Crypto Mining Sales as Gaming Revenue, Lawsuit Claims
An amended lawsuit accuses the chip maker of concealing $1 billion in graphics processing unit sales to crypto miners to downplay risk to long-term profits.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW: Like a blockchain network, Folding@home marshals thousands of computers from around the world to form a distributed supercomputer for disease research. (Protein image: Shutterstock)
Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They're Working on Coronavirus Research
The largest U.S. Ethereum miner is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a drug for the coronavirus.
ALL TOGETHER NOW: Like a blockchain network, Folding@home marshals thousands of computers from around the world to form a distributed supercomputer for disease research. (Protein image: Shutterstock)

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A Russian Nuclear Plant Is Renting Space to Energy-Hungry Bitcoin Miners
A state-owned nuclear power plant in Russia may soon fuel a bitcoin mining hub.
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Authorities Seize Crypto Mining Equipment from Nuclear Power Plant
Two raids of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant uncovered GPUs, hard drives, and cooling equipment used to mine cryptocurrencies.
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E-Commerce Giant DMM Quits Cryptocurrency Mining Business
Japanese e-commerce giant DMM.com is in the process of winding down its cryptocurrency mining business due to the crypto market slump.
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Crypto Mine Hit With Noise Complaints May Be Shut Down
A Norway-based crypto mining farm may have to suspend operations, a week and a half after receiving a bomb threat.
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Crypto Mining Firm Receives Bomb Threat Over Noise Level
A bomb threat was sent on Saturday to Kryptovault, a Norwegian cryptocurrency mining company, for disturbing the peace.
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New Power Rates Approved for Crypto Miners in Upstate New York
A municipal utility provider in New York got the green light from state regulators to create a new set of electricity rates for cryptocurrency miners.
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