The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) said its investigation into Liquitrade’s crypto asset trading platform found that the company operated an illegal exchange. The probe also determined that users were trading contractual rights, not crypto assets, as the platform had claimed. Latoken Users Trading Derivatives, Not Crypto Assets On July 3, the British Columbia Securities…
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Canadian province of British Columbia is seeking to regulate electricity use by crypto miners, due to their “unchecked growth.” Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, said Thursday that the province is working to address high energy consumption by crypto miners in the region. This creates very few jobs or economic opportunities,…
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Bitcoin miner, Iris Energy, announced plans to increase the company’s self-mining capacity, from 2 exahash per second (EH/s) to approximately 5.5 EH/s, after it receives 4.4 EH/s of new Antminer S19j Pro miners from Bitmain. Iris Energy Leverages $67 Million in Bitmain Prepayments for Latest Mining Expansion Bitcoin mining company, Iris Energy, announced plans to…
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Another bitcoin mining company is dealing with financial issues as Iris Energy’s Form 6-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows the company could face default on two loans. Iris Energy’s Form 6-K filing explains to the SEC that the firm “received a notice from its lender alleging the occurrence of an…
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