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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
“We’ve never seen anything quite like this in our state before.”There are crypto mines in DeWitt, which is in Moore’s district, and in the Bono community near Greenbrier. An out-of-state entity has attempted to start a crypto mine near Harrison.Sen. Bryan King of Green Forest and Rep. Ron McNair of Alpena, both Republicans who represent Harrison, voted for SB79 and against SB78. King sponsored six resolutions to introduce his own crypto mining legislation, but none received the required two-thirds approval from lawmakers in each chamber. Rep. Stephen Meeks, R-Greenbrier, has repeatedly expressed support for crypto regulations on behalf of the Bono community, where residents have filed a lawsuit claiming noise pollution from the local crypto mine.Meeks said he and local Faulkner County officials have approached the people behind the mine and asked them to reduce its volume.“They put a soundproofing wall up on one side, but all that did was send the sound down to somebody else,” Meeks said. “They weren’t willing to do what was necessary to be good neighbors, and quite frankly, I believe it’s because they simply just didn’t care.”Both bills would give “a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business” exactly one year after the enactment of the policies to divest from ownership of an Arkansas crypto mine. Sen. Joshua Bryant, R-Rogers, is a sponsor of both bills and said Tuesday that the language was in both bills in case one did not become law.Each bill passed the House with 93 votes for it. Reps. Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, and
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