{"id":125046,"date":"2025-03-14T05:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125046"},"modified":"2025-03-14T05:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:16:16","slug":"association-seeks-to-overturn-arkansas-law-aimed-at-foreign-crypto-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125046","title":{"rendered":"Association seeks to overturn Arkansas law aimed at foreign crypto miners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe 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.<br \/>\nThe 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.\u00a0<br \/>\nIt 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.<br \/>\nThe Arkansas state rules concerned are \u201cRule K\u201d and \u201cAct 174,\u201d which prohibits foreign-party controlled businesses in the state.<br \/>\nDirector Connor L. Kempton of the Arkansas Cryptomining Association said the vagueness of Rule K and Act 174 gives the defendants arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement powers, enabling them to grant or deny permits at their own discretion.<br \/>\nHe said the application of Rule K and Act 174 is unconstitutional and can be discriminatory based on race, alienage and national origin, among other things.<br \/>\nExcerpt from the ACA\u2019s complaint filed against Bengal and Griffin. Source: Court document reviewed by CointelegraphKempton noted that these rules were enforced against crypto mining firm Jones Eagle LLC, which is run by Qimin \u201cJimmy\u201d Chen, a naturalized US citizen of Chinese origin.<br \/>\nKempton specifically pointed to the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution in arguing the illegality of Rule K and Act 174.<br \/>\nRelated: Russia bans crypto mining for 6 years in 10 regions<br \/>\nThe Equal Protection Clause similarly prohibits the US states from denying any person equal protection of the laws based on the person\u2019s race, alienage or national origin.\u00a0<br \/>\nThe crypto mining executive also argued that Rule K and Act 174 strip American citizens like Chen of due process rights under the 14th Amendment.<br \/>\nKempton also said the prohibitions and penalties imposed under Act 174 infringe on the federal government\u2019s authority to investigate, review and take action on foreign investments.<br \/>\n\u201cAct 174 seeks to establish Arkansas&#8217;s own foreign policy, thereby intruding upon the federal government&#8217;s exclusive power to govern foreign affairs.\u201d<br \/>\nDistrict Court Judge Kristine G. Baker said on Dec. 9 that the Arkansas state officials were barred from enforcing Act 174 against Jones Eagle until further notice.<br \/>\nMagazine: Train AI agents to make better predictions\u2026 for token rewards<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/arkansas-crypto-association-seeks-overturn-state-law-impacting-foreigners?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe 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&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125046"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}