POWER PLAY: A New York power plant has been using some of its own electricity to mine bitcoin on an industrial scale. Greenidge Generation, a natural gas power plant, said it has successfully installed nearly 7,000 mining rigs that can earn an average of $50,000 in bitcoins every day. Full story
FELINE FLOW: The team behind CryptoKitties is one step closer to leaving ethereum. Dapper Labs, the startup that raised roughly $39 million after its success with the feline-oriented collectibles game in late 2017, launched a simulator Thursday for its upcoming Flow blockchain ahead of an eventual move to the new network. Full story
VIP INVESTORS: A Russian oligarch, a former Russian cabinet minister and other big names invested in Telegram’s $1.7 billion ICO, according to a previously unreported court document. Tycoon Roman Abramovich and Mikhail Abyzov both bought their gram tokens via offshore funds. Full story
KEEPER TO LENDER: BitGo, one of the largest and oldest digital asset custodians, is joining the fast-growing business of lending out bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to big investors. The Palo Alto-based company said Thursday it has already racked up about $150 million in open loans for the new institutional service. Full story
GETTING TOUGH: The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning over cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX. The financial regulator said the exchange has been targeting British residents without its consent or approval. The FCA also posted a similar notice about the Kraken exchange but retracted it, apparently because it had mixed up a scam operation with the real company. Full story
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