Fort Worth City adopts Bitcoin mining
In collaboration with the Texas Blockchain Council, Fort Worth has established a pilot initiative to mine Bitcoin. The city hopes to become the first in the world to mine Bitcoin here on-site according to the city’s Mayor Mattie Parker. Fort Worth’s city council adopted a motion to begin using three Antminer S9 Bitcoin (BTC) miners […]
Block, Blockstream partner with Tesla to mine Bitcoin with solar power in Texas
According to CNBC, Blockstream and Jack Dorsey’s Block, (previously Square) have partnered to build a Bitcoin mining facility that will use Solar energy from Tesla’s solar and storage technology in Texas. At the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer and member of the “cypherpunk” group, told CNBC […]
Sen. Ted Cruz suggests Texas should use natural gas to mine Bitcoin
Senator Ted Cruz of the United States says that instead of flaring natural gas, his country should use it to mine Bitcoin (BTC), as Bitcoin mining could be used to capture wasted renewable natural gas. Senator Ted Cruz stated at the Texas Blockchain Summit on Friday that Bitcoin mining may be used to monetize energy […]
Newsweek poll shows that 37% of Texas residents want crypto payments
According to a recent poll, as many as 10.8 million Texans may vote in favour of legislation making cryptocurrencies legal in the upcoming election, showing they may as well want to follow in the footstep of El Salvador. According to a Newsweek study conducted among more than 9,700 eligible voters in ten U.S. states on […]
Revolut to use Bitcoin to pay for its largest WeWork office space
Revolut has announced a partnership with WeWork and to pay for the office space in Bitcoin, making it the largest company of its sort in the UK after raising $800 million in an investment round this summer. The new US headquarters in Dallas, Texas will be able to accommodate 300 people. Furthermore, the challenger bank […]