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EXCLUSIVE: HIVE's Bitcoin Ambitions Are Exploding — But Can The Grid Keep Up?
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 4:26pm | 415HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HIVE) is charging ahead with plans to nearly triple its hashrate to 25 EH/s by the fourth quarter of 2025. But while the ambition is clear, the execution risks are anything but negligible — especially in Paraguay, where much of this growth is concentrated. Read...
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Taiwan Could Lose Last Latin-American Ally To Xi Jinping As China Dangles 'Opportunities'
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 5:41am | 401Taiwan is on the verge of losing its only remaining diplomatic South American ally to Beijing if a potential candidate wins in Paraguay’s upcoming presidential election this month. What Happened: After losing Honduras to Beijing recently, Taiwan is faced with tough times again as...
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Lat-Am Hemp Companies Oppose Hemp Seizure, Say Protocol Delay Hurts Entrepreneurs
Monday, December 19, 2022 - 10:41am | 853The Latin American Industrial Hemp Association (LAIHA), Costa Rica’s Drug Control Police, is speaking up after a shipment of hemp products from Paraguay to Costa Rica was seized by regulators, even though no laws were violated. The receiving company was subsequently placed under suspicion of...
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Bitcoin Bill Vetoed In Paraguay: 'Too Much Electricity, Not Enough Job Creation'
Thursday, September 1, 2022 - 10:57am | 290Paraguay's so-called Bitcoin Bill, an attempt to regulate Bitcoin mining and crypto trading in the Latin American country, has been vetoed by President Mario Abdo Benitez. The Senate approved the bill in July, but Abdo Benitez rejected the legislation "in full." What Happened: An 11-...
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Paraguay Passes Bill Regulating Crypto Mining, Trading: Here's What You Need To Know
Sunday, July 17, 2022 - 11:33am | 311The Paraguayan government has re-approved a cryptocurrency bill which will now regulate crypto mining and trading in the country. The bill was previously approved on December 21, 2021. However, the Chamber of Deputies modified it and later approved it in May 2022. According to the...
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CPlant Cannabis Company Looks To Paraguay For Cheaper Production And Manufacturing
Monday, January 3, 2022 - 4:14pm | 385As cannabis is beginning to be treated more like an agricultural commodity, the race is on to find the best climate and most economical place to grow it. In South America, a new candidate is emerging: Paraguay, so reported Bloomberg. And medical cannabis exporter...
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Paraguay To Export Cannabis Oil To USA And Australia
Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 3:39pm | 400By Franca Quarneti via El Planteo. Paraguay will begin exporting oil, proteins and other non-psychoactive cannabis derivatives to the United States and Australia. This was confirmed this Wednesday by Mario Abdo Benítez, president of Paraguay, during a visit to the industrial plant of Healthy...