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US Winter Storm Plunges Bitcoin Hashrate to Seven-Month Low as Miners Curtail Operations to Stabilize Local Grids
WASHINGTON — A fierce and expansive winter storm that swept across large swathes of the United States over the weekend triggered an immediate crisis for the nation’s power infrastructure, forcing a massive portion of the domestic Bitcoin mining fleet to voluntarily power down. The unprecedented curtailment drained the global blockchain network of a significant fraction […]
