Association seeks to overturn Arkansas law aimed at foreign crypto miners

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Related: Russia bans crypto mining for 6 years in 10 regionsThe Equal Protection Clause similarly prohibits the US states from denying any person equal protection of the laws based on the person’s race, alienage or national origin. The crypto mining executive also argued that Rule K and Act 174 strip American citizens like Chen of due process rights under the 14th Amendment.

The complaint was made against Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and the director of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, Lawrence Bengal, on March 13 in the US District Court Eastern District of Arkansas. It follows a federal court ruling last November that temporarily barred Arkansas from preventing a naturalized US citizen of Chinese descent from operating a crypto mining business.

The Arkansas Cryptomining Association is suing two Arkansas state officials, arguing that they enforced an unconstitutional and discriminatory state rule prohibiting foreign-born American citizens from engaging in crypto-mining activities, among other things.

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Author / Journalist: Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea

Category: Crypto

Markets: United States

Topics: District State Enforced Discriminatory Officials Mining Arkansas Kempton Unconstitutional Crypto Rule

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Published On: 2025-03-14 @ 05:08:49 (1 days ago)

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