City of Niagara Falls orders Blockfusion facility to cease and desist crypto mining

The city notice effectively stops the facility from conducting “any cryptocurrency mining or related operations” until Blockfusion is in compliance with local zoning ordinances. The City of Niagara Falls has issued a cease-and-desist notice to New York-headquartered crypto mining firm Bit Digital over a data facility owned and operated by its partner Blockfusion. In an Oct. 7 announcement, Bit Digital said the city notice would effectively stop the facility from conducting “any cryptocurrency mining or related operations” until Blockfusion was in compliance with local zoning ordinances. The Niagara Falls ordinance…