Courts could jail illegal miners for up to five years. The Justice Ministry also proposes heavy fines for offenders. Illegal miners are blamed for power shortages in Bitcoin mining hotspots. Mining Bitcoin without a valid permit in Russia will soon land you in a forced labour camp or jail. That’s if the Ministry of Justice...

Riot Platforms launched a new $500 million stock offering as November bitcoin output fell, while the miner continued selling most of its production to fund expansion despite analysts seeing long-term upside. 

In the nation’s driest state with vast swaths of public land, the importance of natural resources to animals, plants and people cannot be overstated. This year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has closely followed the environmental stories that matter most to Clark County and the Silver State. The news organization has done everything from tracking the...