Tag: Texas
Texas objects to Voyager-Binance.US deal, court filing shows
Texas' State Securities Board and the Department of Banking are objecting to a proposed deal between Binance.US and bankrupted crypto lender Voyager D [...]
El Salvador Plans to Open 'Bitcoin Embassy' in Texas
The Central American country wishes to open a bitcoin embassy in "new ally" Texas, Mayorga said on Twitter, to aid "expansion of commercial and econom [...]
Riot reports 17K miners offline due to Texas weather
Crypto mining firm Riot Platforms — formerly Riot Blockchain — reported that 17,040 rigs deployed at its operations in Texas were offline due to “seve [...]
Harry Whittington, Texas Lawyer Shot by Cheney, Dies at 95
He drew headlines across the world when, during a hunting trip, he was accidentally blasted in the face and torso by Vice President Dick Cheney — then [...]
Renewables are growing on the Texas power grid. Republicans want more natural gas.
Clean energy is rapidly rising on the Texas power grid, but regulators in the Lone Star State are now considering a plan that could give fossil fue [...]
Crypto Custodian Prime Trust to Cease Operations in Texas at End of January
The firm withdrew its Texas Money Transmitter License application but says it intends to reapply "swiftly."
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1.5M houses could be powered by the energy Texas miners returned
During the winter storm in Texas in December 2022, Bitcoin (BTC) mining operators returned up to 1,500 megawatts of energy to the distressed local gri [...]
‘I’m Not Ready’: A Mother Denied an Abortion in Texas Faces an Uncertain Future
Faith-based Blue Haven Ranch provides temporary aid for poor Texas women with newborns. But how will they survive when it ends?
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‘I’m Not Ready’: A Mother Denied an Abortion in Texas Faces an Uncertain Future
Faith-based Blue Haven Ranch provides temporary aid for poor Texas women with newborns. But how will they survive when it ends?
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Texas Bitcoin Miners Are Offered to Cut Electricity Usage to Help the Grid
The move will help the state’s grid operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), ease worries that the mining will put extra stress during [...]
Texas enforcers want Sam Bankman-Fried to attend the hearing in February: Law Decoded
Welcome to Law Decoded, your weekly digest of all the major developments in the field of regulation.There was some substantial good news for crypto la [...]
Bullish on Bitcoin, US Senator Ted Cruz wants Texas to be a crypto oasis
United States Senator Ted Cruz wants to make the American state of Texas an oasis for Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies. Speaking at the Texas Blockc [...]
Bankman-Fried on the hook in Texas, called to appear at Feb. hearing
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been called to a Feb. 2 hearing by the Texan securities regulator as part of an investigation into whether he and [...]
Sam Bankman-Fried Called to FTX Hearing by Texas Securities Regulator
FTX Capital Markets, LLC, is registered as a dealer with the board, and “Texans were able to buy and sell publicly traded stock through the firm,” acc [...]
The Supreme Court is in disarray over a rogue Trump judge in Texas
Drew Tipton, a Trump appointee to a federal court in Texas, has spent just over two years on the bench. In those two years, he has repeatedly hande [...]