Late last week, the Securities Commission division of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office filed a cease-and-desist order against cloud-based cryptocurrency mining firm Genesis Mining and brokerage firm Swiss Gold Global Inc. As reported by CoinDesk, the Securities Commission claims that Genesis Mining illegally sold securities — cryptocurrency mining contracts — to South Carolina residents…
Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange and derivatives platform Bitfinex announced a new product today: Cloud-based mining contracts. The contracts are being offered in a limited quantity during the “live beta” phase of testing, allowing Bitfinex’s team to “tweak” the product as needed after the initial tranche of 100 TH/s mining power. Should the offering prove successful,…
Is the skyrocketing hash rate pricing out even the most established mining hardware makers? According to a post on the Wall Street Journal‘s MoneyBeat blog, that might just be the case for bitcoin mining-rig maker CoinTerra. The Austin-based company announced today that it will be offering mining contracts of up to 1 petahash per second…
In a letter released yesterday, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) further clarified rules for bitcoin escrow services and cloud-based mining operations. The letter (PDF) issues a new ruling that neither form of business fits the requirements of a money transmitter service as detailed in the Bank Secrecy Act, and as such would not…