policy

June 15, 2023
Should Industries Pay Taxes for the Costs They Impose on Society? On Bitcoin Mining, the DAME Tax, and Hypocrisy
By John Belizaire, CEO, and Nicola Phillips, Contributing Writer In early May of this year, the White House released its 2024… Read more »

December 28, 2022
A Tour of the Bitcoin-Energy Debate in 2022: Part 3
In Part 2 of this 4-part series, we covered the changing electric grid in Texas, the growth of institutional investment… Read more »

December 19, 2022
A Tour of the Bitcoin-Energy Debate in 2022: Part 2
In Part 1 of this 4-part series, we covered some of our most notable moments in the first quarter of… Read more »

December 9, 2022
A Tour of the Bitcoin-Energy Debate in 2022: Part 1
For many policymakers, entrepreneurs, and investors, Bitcoin’s energy consumption was an inescapable debate in 2022. As the year progressed, the… Read more »

December 6, 2022
An Inside Look at the CHIPS Act with John Dearie
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast Today, we’re getting a unique perspective on entrepreneurship. John Dearie joins us… Read more »

October 27, 2022
Climate Damage Spillover
by Nicola Phillips, Copywriter For 200 years, roughly since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has followed an inexorable path of cause-and-effect.… Read more »

September 13, 2022
The CHIPS Act: How We Got Here, and What Happens Next
by Nicola Phillips, Copywriter Last October, semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries listed on Nasdaq, becoming the largest US IPO in 2021 by… Read more »

September 12, 2022
The White House Crypto Assets Report Supports Soluna’s Business Model
by Nicola Phillips, Copywriter Last Thursday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a report on crypto-assets and their… Read more »

August 16, 2022
Before the Inflation Reduction Act, There Was the 2009 Recovery Act
by Nicola Phillips, Copywriter Thirteen years ago, Congress made its last big investment in climate action. The American Recovery and Reinvestment… Read more »

August 16, 2022
How the Grid Will Change Under the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act is at its core a climate bill. While it does lower prescription drug costs, make healthcare… Read more »

July 21, 2022
Soluna Computing Responds to White House Request for Information: Climate Implications of Digital Assets
(To download this response, click here.) May 9, 2022 To Whom it May Concern: Thank you for the opportunity to submit… Read more »

May 2, 2022
NY Mining Bill: Not A Ban On Crypto Mining, But What Is It?
Last week, the NY State Assembly passed Assembly Bill A7389C, a two-year moratorium on a subset of new Bitcoin mining operations… Read more »