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Days After Trump Commits to Seabed Mining, Two Sides Face Off
Less than a week after President Trump signed an executive order to accelerate seabed mining, the U.S. government received its first permit application from the […]
The Trump Administration Wants Seafloor Mining. What Does That Mean?
Life at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is slow, dark and quiet. Strange creatures glitter and glow. Oxygen seeps mysteriously from lumpy, metallic rocks. […]
Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters
President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that nearly every […]
Trump Family Starts Bitcoin Mining Venture in Further Push Into Crypto
Two of President Trump’s sons announced on Monday that they were investing in a new Bitcoin mining venture, an expansion of the family’s business interests […]
Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke
Nearly 40 nations, big and small, have voiced opposition to a plan by a Wall Street-backed mining company to team up with the Trump administration […]
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
The long-running battle over whether to allow Pacific Ocean seabed mining took an unexpected turn Thursday when a company disclosed it had been confidentially negotiating […]
How CoreWeave Went From Crypto Mining to Wall Street’s A.I. Bellwether
In 2016, three New York commodities traders — Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo and Brannin McBee — fell in love with cryptocurrencies. They were using Bitcoin […]
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
A private company is aiming to heave a microwave oven-size spacecraft toward an asteroid later this week, its goal to kick off a future where […]
Fake job interview emails installing hidden cryptocurrency mining malware
The job market hasn’t been great in the last few years, especially in tech, leaving a lot of people actively looking for jobs. Scammers are […]