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Environmental Groups Call on US Government to Implement Stringent Bitcoin Mining Regulations
Local and national activists are banding together to limit what they consider are the industry's adverse effects on the environment.

Cipher Raises Year Hashrate View While Cutting Power Guidance
The stock of the miner lost almost 50% of its value in one day.

US Labor Department Has ‘Grave Concerns’ About Fidelity’s Plan for Bitcoin in 401(k) Retirement Plans, Wall Street Journal Reports
The Labor Department is scheduled to meet with Fidelity to express concerns.

US, EU Members Among 60 Nations Calling for Open, Global Internet
The "Declaration for the Future of the Internet" calls for the network to return to its decentralized roots, and warns against Russia peeling off to form its own network.

CFTC Sets May Roundtable to Weigh Ideas Sparked by FTX’s Derivatives Push
The May 25 discussion will consider direct clearing of derivatives as pitched by FTX.US.

US Treasury Sanctions More North Korea-Linked ETH Wallets Over $600M Ronin Hack
The three new wallets join an Ethereum address added to the sanctions list last week.

OpenSea Suspends Trading of Sand Vegas Casino Club NFTs
Gambling Apes NFTs promised a cut of the profits from casinos built on metaverse platforms and Web 2.

Binance Asks to Be Removed From Crypto Romance Scam Lawsuit
The Cayman Islands company argued it is not subject to the "personal jurisdiction" of U.S. federal courts.

New York Man Arrested for Alleged $1.8M Crypto Mining Scam
Authorities say 37-year-old Chet Stojanovich promised to take a customer on 31-hour road trip to see the non-existent mining equipment in Canada – and then abandoned him at the Buffalo airport.
