🚀 **Crypto News Flash!**
- **Senator Lummis vs. Biden's Bitcoin Tax** 🪙
- Released a report titled *Powering Down Progress* on July 23.
- Argues against proposed 30% excise tax on Bitcoin mining.
- Highlights Bitcoin mining's benefits to the U.S. energy grid.
- Notes up to 52.6% of BTC mining might be emissions-free.
- Bitcoin miners help stabilize grids, e.g., ERCOT in Texas.
- Tax could disincentivize sustainable energy use.
- Cites global examples: El Salvador's volcanic energy, Finland's community heating.
- Warns tax could drive industry out of the U.S., referencing China's 2021 mining ban.
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