Odaily Planet Daily News Several counties in Arkansas are urgently passing legislation that would allow them to control noise and other activities related to cryptocurrency mining before the new state law takes effect on August 1 to address the growing number of related complaints there. The new state law brings crypto mining facilities under the same regulations that apply to data centers, setting out guidelines for miners and protecting them from discriminatory regulations and taxes. Arkansas crypto mining companies include Green Digital, GMI Computing, United BitEngine and Cryptic Farms, and according to state Rep. Rick McClure, who authored the bill, “no one opposed this bill in committee or in the legislative session.” ( cointelegraph)