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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Colleen DeGuzman

A North Texas community will vote to form a city in an effort to quiet down a crypto mine

Cheryl Shadden looks towards the MARA cryptocurrency facility and the Wolf Hollow II power plant while being interviewed on her land in Hood County on September 24, 2025.
Cheryl Shadden looks towards the MARA cryptocurrency facility and the Wolf Hollow II power plant from her land in Hood County on Sept. 24, 2025. (Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune)

HOOD COUNTY — Danny Lakey and his wife have spent countless evenings sitting on rocking chairs on their front porch, watching the sun slowly dip behind the cows grazing on their neighbor’s ranch.

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