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Paraguay shuts illegal bitcoin mines that stole enough power to light a city

Paraguay’s state energy firm claims illegal bitcoin mines steal $60 million worth of electricity each year.

Tether-owned Northern Data accused of fraud by former execs

Tether-owned Northern Data has been accused of securities fraud and tax evasion in a lawsuit filed by former executives.

A bitcoin mining pool has added support for Stratum V2 custom templates, allowing individual miners to cooperatively compete against Bitmain.

Antpool by Bitmain claims to generate just one-quarter of Bitcoin’s hash rate but researchers think it might secretly control a majority.

The BBC article cited a “study” by Alex de Vries that kicked up a frenzy on crypto Twitter, with critics pointing to unfair methodologies.