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Progress in bringing crypto mining equipment back online has been slower than expected. (hut8.io)
Hut 8 Says Repairs to Damaged Crypto Mining Equipment Are Taking Longer Than Expected
The delays are impairing the miner's hashrate and bitcoin production.
Progress in bringing crypto mining equipment back online has been slower than expected. (hut8.io)

Bitcoin mining rigs (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Cathedra Bitcoin to Deploy Crypto Miners at 360 Mining's Texas Site
Cathedra will pay $55 per megawatt hour of power plus 10% of gross bitcoin mined at the location.
Bitcoin mining rigs (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Texas Bill That Would Limit Miners' Participation in Cost-Saving Grid Programs Stopped in House Committee
The legislation would have capped the industry's participation in demand response programs.
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HIVE Blockchain's ether mining facility in Boden, Sweden (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)
Hive Earned Equivalent of 184 BTC From Curtailing Its Power Use in December
The miner has also installed the first Buzzminers, computers it designed using Intel's new bitcoin mining chip.
HIVE Blockchain's ether mining facility in Boden, Sweden (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

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Iranian Courts Order Return of Thousands of Seized Crypto Mining Machines: Reports
The country has been cracking down on mining to deal with power shortages.
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Heatbit Is the First Space Heater That Mines Bitcoin, Founder Says
The newfangled device looks like a high-end space heater but uses integrated circuitry to process bitcoin transactions.
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Bitcoin Miners Powered Off as Winter Storm Battered North America
Computing power on the Bitcoin network dropped about 40% over the weekend.
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Paraguay's parliament (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Miners’ High Hopes for Latin America Dented by Paraguay
The industry’s potential in the region was touted at a conference in Cancun, Mexico, last month, but a crypto mining-friendly bill in Paraguay was shot down last week.
Paraguay's parliament (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Paraguay's legislature didn't pass a bill to regulate the crypto industry in a big blow to the country's bitcoin mining industry. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Paraguay Votes Down Crypto Regulatory Bill in a Blow to Crypto Mining Industry
The bill would have capped how much the grid operator can charge bitcoin miners for electricity.
Paraguay's legislature didn't pass a bill to regulate the crypto industry in a big blow to the country's bitcoin mining industry. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)