Bitcoin mining

Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, co-founders of Bitcoin cloud miner HashFlare, have successfully appealed their extradition from Estonia to the United States, where the two face 18 counts of fraud and money laundering. The Tallinn Circuit Court overturned a lower court’s order on Nov. 29, ...

Twitter (now X) co-founder and Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Jack Dorsey is backing a new BTC mining pool to help miners regain control of block rewards and transaction fees.Dorsey has led a $6.2 million seed round for Mummolin, the parent company of the new decentralization Bitcoin mining pool c ...

Bitcoin mining is a “critical tool” for clean energy and balancing the grid, according to a new working paper penned by Bitcoin advocates and the former president of ERCOT, the operator of Texas’ electrical grid. The Nov. 22 paper titled “Leveraging Bitcoin Min ...

The cryptocurrency mining company Hive Digital Technologies revealed plans to expand its global presence through a new acquisition of property and a data center in Boden, Sweden.On Nov. 27, the company announced that it's entered a property transfer agreement with Turis AB to take over the ...

AI and machine learning (ML) is demanding huge amounts of computing resources as interest in the space grows, but conventional Bitcoin miners are not jumping on the bandwagon just yet.Speaking to Cointelegraph journalist Joe Hall at Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon, Heatbit founder Alex Busarov b ...

Tether is planning a large-scale expansion into Bitcoin (BTC) mining, according to Paolo Ardoino, who is expected to take the helm at the company soon. The stablecoin firm may spend around $500 million in the next six months on the construction of mining facilities and investments in ...

There is a programme that allows users to withdraw their earnings from Bitcoin mining and receive it in the form of cryptocurrencies. With thousands of people still about Bitcoin mining, the CNBC writer, Matt, boosts about the benefits of this method of earning cryptocurrency. However, it is a highl ...

The Bitcoin (BTC) mining community recorded its annual all-time high (ATH) on Nov. 12 after raking in over $44 million in block rewards and transaction fees. The revenue from Bitcoin mining primarily comes from rewards for confirming Bitcoin transactions and creating new blocks using ...

Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings saw its revenue surge $670% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023, amid a nearly five-fold increase in Bitcoin production.The results saw Marathon also swing to a quarterly profit, with $64.1 million of net income in the third quarter, acco ...

An upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate-backed product that could offer 10% to 13% returns shouldn’t be compared to failed products by BlockFi or Celsius as its returns come from proof-of-work, not “ponzi schemes,” claims the product’s creator Bitcoin mining firm Luxor Technolo ...

China-based BTC Digital announced the purchase of 220 new Bitcoin (BTC) mining units on Nov. 3, bringing its total number of machines to 2,174, with over 230PH/s of computing power. The new acquisitions are expected to become operational by the end of the month.The deal was made with &ldqu ...

Marathon Digital has begun mining Bitcoin (BTC) using power generated from methane gas siphoned off a landfill. The 280-kW off-grid pilot project is operating in Utah.Marathon teamed up with Nodal Power on the project. Nodal Power was launched in November 2022 and produces energy from land ...

Tether (USDT) stablecoin issuer is raising the bet on Bitcoin (BTC) mining by issuing a major debt facility to German-based BTC mining company Northern Data AG.Northern Data AG has secured a 575 million euro ($610 million) debt financing facility from Tether to drive further investments ac ...

A recent study conducted by the United Nations suggests a direct correlation between the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and the energy needed for mining operations.UN scientists evaluated the activities of 76 Bitcoin mining nations during the 2020–2021 period and found that the global Bitcoin mini ...

Bitmain, a major global manufacturer of Bitcoin (BTC) application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), has officially released its new air-cooled BTC miner, Antminer T21.Bitmain took to Twitter on Oct. 26 to announce the world premiere of the new Antminer T21, the firm’s new air-cooling mi ...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) market dominance has reached 54%, its highest in the last 30 months, indicating the top cryptocurrency is strengthening just before the halving event scheduled for April 2024.The Bitcoin halving is an event in which the mining reward per block is halved, thus cutting ...

A recent panel at the Swan Pacific Bitcoin festival was cleverly titled, “Are halving price cycles bullshit?” Throughout the discussion, host and founder of the Bitcoin Layer Nik Bhatia asked Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel, Swan CIO Ralph Zagury and Swan product manager Andy Edstrom ...

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week firmly back in the “Uptober” spirit as the weekly close gives way to a classic short squeeze.In a return to classic BTC price volatility of the kind seen earlier in the month, the largest cryptocurrency is tackling $28,000 ahead of the first Wall ...

Hut 8, a Canadian Bitcoin (BTC) mining company, continues to accumulate self-mined BTC despite a merger deal with US Bitcoin (USBTC). In September 2023, Hut 8 mined 111 Bitcoin, bringing its self-mined BTC reserves to 9,366 Bitcoin. While this represents an 8% increase from the previous month, it is ...

Celsius, the bankrupt crypto lending firm, has revealed its plan to secure $450 million in seed funding for its proposed relaunch. This funding is expected to come from Fahrenheit LLC, a group of companies highly involved in Celsius' bankruptcy case. Fahrenheit had previously won the bidding process ...

Bitcoin miners are facing heightened competition due to record-high hash rates, making miner profitability increasingly challenging. While ordinal inscriptions help miners earn extra revenue by filling empty block space, profitability remains modest compared to historical levels. The upcoming Bit ...

Crypto giant Coinbase seems to be strategically steering its ship amid constant crypto industry turbulence in 2023. The company recently unveiled its lending platform for institutional investors, aiming to fill the void left behind by major players during 2022’s crypto winter, when firms su ...

Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms mined fewer Bitcoin (BTC) in August than July, but received over $31 million in power credits. That is the equivalent of around 1,136 BTC, CEO Jason Les pointed out in a statement.Riot received an estimated $24.2 million in power curtailment credits under its c ...

Marathon Digital Holdings, a United States-based crypto mining operator, produced 1,072 Bitcoin in August. This is 9% less than in July, but still five times more than in August 2022. On Sept. 5, Marathon shared the unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for August. A ...

Bitcoin (BTC) launches its first full week of September with BTC price action at a crossroads — can $26,000 return?After a quiet weekend, the dust has appeared to settle on last week’s volatility as crypto markets return to “business as usual.”Bitcoin finds i ...

The Public Service Commission of the state of Kentucky has denied a proposed contract that would have allowed a mining firm to receive a discounted rate on electricity provided by the power company.In an Aug. 28 order, the commission denied a contract between Ebon International and Kentuck ...

Researchers behind the well-known Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) have officially revised its methodology to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the Index’s estimates for the first time since its inception in 2019.The CBECI was launched in July 2019 in an effort ...

Stronghold Digital Mining, a Pennsylvanian crypto-mining company, is currently seeking approval to produce up to 15% of its energy using shredded tires, at its Panther Creek plant in Nesquehoning. Local environmental activists are preparing to oppose the initiative.  ...

Nasdaq-listed Iris Energy has bought 248 state of the art Nvidia H100 GPUs for $10 million as it looks to explore opportunities in generative AI in addition to its core business focus on Bitcoin mining.The firm expects to receive delivery of the 248 GPUs in the coming months and plans to d ...

Bitcoin mining company Canaan announced its unaudited financial results for Q2 2023, showing growth in computing power sold and BTC mining revenues while it tackled a significant net loss of $110 million. up 31% on Q1.The NASDAQ-listed company outlined a variety of reasons influencing incr ...

The mining company, which has been one of a number of firms to struggle amid negative market conditions and a highly-competitive mining ecosystem, reported half year net losses of $18.8 million in 2023, down over 50% from a net loss of $39.6 million in H1 2022.Argo also notes that it has r ...

Tether Holdings Inc., the company behind the leading stablecoin USDT, announced on March 30 their new enterprise with sustainable Bitcoin mining in Uruguay. Five months later, there was a new update on August 24 on what could be one of these new Bi ...

Bitcoin (BTC) network fundamentals are in no mood to follow bearish BTC price action this week. The latest on-chain data confirms that difficulty has hit new all-time highs, with hash rate not far behind. Bitcoin mining difficulty ends slump Despite BTC/USD droppin ...

The Sultanate of Oman has launched a new cryptocurrency mining center, the second mining facility to open in the country in the past 10 months. According to a local publication, the Oman Daily Observer, a data hosting and cryptocurrency mining center, was opened in the Salalah Free Zone, which is ...

Solo miner managed to mine a block on the Bitcoin network and get 6.25 BTC for it, which is roughly equal to $162000 at the current exchange rate. A CKPool mining pool user with the wallet address bc1q2za4ejga366sn288273pty8trasn5zs4y9hqg6 mined a block in the network ...

Quantum Blockchain Technologies (QBT), a research company based in the United Kingdom, has developed artificial intelligence-powered algorithms that could significantly increase the mining winning probability of certain ASIC Bitcoin (BTC) miners, CEO Francesco Gardin said in an interview with Co ...

Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm TeraWulf has seen a drastic increase in BTC rewards since increasing its mining capacity in the first half of 2023.According to the company’s latest quarterly filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, TeraWulf mined a total of 1,441 BT ...

Bitcoin miner Bitdeer Technologies, a firm spun-off from prominent Bitcoin Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) manufacturer Bitmain, recorded a net loss of $40.4 million in Q2 2023, up from a net loss of $15.6 million in Q2 2022.The company disclosed in its earnings report publi ...

The United States could make up for 99.5% of the global trading volume for crypto-related exchange-traded funds — but only if spot Bitcoin ETFs are approved, according to a Bloomberg ETF analyst.Currently, North America accounts for 97.7% of all crypto ETF trading volume, Bloomberg s ...

Colorado-based Bitcoin mining firm Riot Platforms narrowed its second quarter net loss to $27.7 million as it ramped up its Bitcoin production and reached record hash rate capacity. The crypto miner posted total revenue of $76.7 million — up 5.2% from Q2 2022 — which was primarily driven b ...

Crypto mining firm Marathon Digital missed earnings and revenue expectations with its second-quarter 2023 results. Marathon's Q2 2023 results on Aug. 8 reported revenues of $81.8 million compared to Zacks Investment Research's estimate of $83.2 million.The crypto miner reported a ea ...

The animated science fiction series Futurama, which was created long before Bitcoin (BTC) was even a gleam in Satoshi Nakamoto’s eye, poked fun at cryptocurrency miners in the third episode of its most recent iteration.In the episode “How the West Was 1010001,” which was released on Hulu o ...

Publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific has appointed Adam Sullivan its CEO. Sullivan, who previously served as the company’s president, took the role on Aug. 4, while co-founder and former CEO Mike Levitt remains chairman of the board.Sullivan has over a decade of financial se ...

On the latest episode of Market Talks, host Ray Salmond spoke with Blockware Solutions account executive David Gamble about the future of Bitcoin (BTC) mining, expectations for the cryptocurrency’s price, and his views on how the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector needs to evolve. Ga ...

KPMG has released a report on Bitcoin and ESG (environment, social and governance) issues. The Big Four professional services firm found that Bitcoin “appears to provide a number of benefits across an ESG framework.”Looking at each component of ESG separately, the report noted ...

Bitcoin miner Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) announced on Aug. 1 that it has launched three new data centers in the American state of South Carolina. The facilities came online in February and March.The facilities are located in the western part of the state, with the first opening in the to ...

This summer, parts of the United States are wilting under a multimonth stretch of sweltering heat, and data suggests that summer temperatures will continue to creep up in the coming years. The planet is on what seems to be a pretty clear path to soon reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming for th ...

Several counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas are rushing to pass emergency legislations allowing them to control noise and other activities related to crypto mining before a new state law comes into effect on August 1, according to local media reports. The new state law brings crypt ...

The crackdown on crypto firms by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears to have severely affected Binance’s business. During the past few weeks, the crypto exchange reportedly fired over 1,000 employees and slashed some benefits. According to Binance, ...

Bitcoin (BTC) miners have been up against the ropes over the past year, with record amounts of BTC sent to centralized exchanges to cover costs in 2023.As Cointelegraph previously reported, the Bitcoin mining ecosystem has had an eventful year. The industry scored a staggering $184 mi ...

Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block on Jan. 3, 2009, minting the first 50 Bitcoin (BTC) in history and kicking off what would become a billion-dollar industry centered around mining crypto. However, with a cap on Bitcoin supply, the fate of miners after the last coins are issued is unclear.& ...

Bitcoin (BTC) mining’s environmental impact has always been a controversial topic. On the one hand, critics emphasize that securing the Bitcoin network takes more power than some whole countries’ annual electricity consumption. On the other hand, much of the crypto community argues that it is a n ...

Crypto mining firm Hive Blockchain is now calling itself Hive Digital Technologies — after enacting a branding pivot that seeks to highlight its foray into artificial intelligence.The Vancour-based mining company said in a July 12 statement it has dropped “blockchain” fro ...

Bitcoin mining difficulty reached an all-time high of 53.91 trillion units after the latest difficulty adjustment on July 12. It is a measure of how difficult it is to mine Bitcoin (BTC) blocks.The blockchain adjusts its difficulty every two weeks to maintain its processing time ...

Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital has linked the recent slump in its total amount of Bitcoin's (BTC) mined in June to the weather conditions in Texas and a drop in transaction fees.According to a July 5 statement, Marathon Digital experienced a “21%" decline in June for the total amo ...

June was a tough month for Binance, as it faced stress tests worldwide after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against the crypto exchange and its leadership.In a nutshell, over the past 30 days, the Belgian financial regulator ordered Binance to ce ...

The $4.7 billion Bitcoin (BTC) monthly options expiry on June 30 might play a decisive role in determining whether the $30,000 price will consolidate as long-term support and open room for further bullish momentum.Why is Bitcoin breaking yearly highs?Many analysts consider Bitcoin’s r ...

In the latest episode of The Market Report, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman analyzes some data to conclude whether Bitcoin (BTC) will ever trade at $27,000. Some analysts attribute Bitcoin’s recent 21.5% gains to BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) filing, but other events might ...

Bitcoin (BTC) miners are sending record amounts of BTC to centralized crypto exchanges.In a June 27 tweet, on-chain analytics platform Glassnode reported an all-time high in Bitcoin miner revenue sent to exchanges.Percent of miner revenue sent to exchanges. Source: GlassnodeIt noted ...

Riot Platforms — one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies — has bought 33,280 “next-generation” Bitcoin miners for its Texas facility, costing $162.9 million.The rigs — which were sourced from mining manufacturer MicroBT — will boo ...

The Canadian Bitcoin (BTC) mining company, Hut 8 Mining, has secured a credit facility from a subsidiary of the United States-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase.Hut 8 officially announced on June 26 that it entered a $50 million credit agreement with Coinbase Credit. The credit facili ...

The bid for the first Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States is gaining traction following BlackRock’s recent application, with both former applicants and new players seeking permission from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list a crypto ETF. ...

Crypto mining firm CleanSpark is moving forward with its aggressive infrastructure expansion in the United States by acquiring two Bitcoin (BTC) mining facilities in a $9.3 million cash deal. According to a June 21 announcement, the two facilities CleanSpark will purchase are tur ...

While, intuitively, mining Bitcoin may appear like a highly profitable endeavor, research suggests otherwise. After discovering Bitcoin (BTC), most users go down the rabbit hole and consider whether it is better to mine or buy Bitcoin directly. They usually give up on mining due to th ...

Crypto exchange Binance announced the launch of new subscription-based could mining products dedicated to Bitcoin (BTC) mining. Starting June 15, users that are interested in Bitcoin mining but lack the equipment can subscribe to Binance’s cloud mining services and purchase hashrates ...

Bitcoin (BTC) miners in the United States can breathe a sigh of relief after a proposed tax on crypto mining did not make it into a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling that appears set to pass.The Digital Assets Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax proposal sought to charge crypto miners a tax ...

Despite a 44% decline in Bitcoin (BTC) mining profitability over the last year, some Bitcoin mining companies have continued to build and increase production, according to recent announcements.On June 1, American Bitcoin mining firm CleanSpark announced that it had purchased 12,500 br ...

Energy tax for mining digital assets has been dropped The CEA had previously proposed a levy with a 30% rate on electricity costs On Sunday, May 28, U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy struck a deal on the nation's debt ceiling. The 99-pa ...

Solo miner with a processing power of 750 TH/s produced a block in the Bitcoin network under the number 790,958. The miner received a reward of 6.25 BTC (approximately $170,000) for the found block. The total hashing speed on the Bitcoin network on May 23 was 367.07 EH/s. ...

More favorable market conditions were the reason The company will revise its reorganization plan It will be ready by Sept. 25 The Core Scientific legal advisor plans to develop a reorganization plan for the company by Sept. 25. This follows court docu ...

With growing pressure from U.S. regulators, Bit Digital, a New York-based mining company, is expanding its infrastructure in Iceland. The company plans to locate 2,500 recently purchased mining rigs in Iceland.As Bit Digital CEO Samir Tab ...

Shares of Soluna, a developer of environmentally friendly bitcoin mining data centers, rose 12% after the firm raised $14 million in funding. The funds will be used to complete the development of the Dorothy 1B project in Texas in a new deal with Navitas Global. The deal ...

The Texas miner failed to remit payments for leased power And also illegally used power credits The case will now go to court Mining giant Riot Platforms filed suit against Rhodium Enterprises, a Texas-based bitcoin miner. They accuse the partner of f ...

One of North America's largest bitcoin miners, Riot Platforms, has sued Texas-based rival Rhodium Enterprises, claiming $26 million in unpaid mining fees. According to Riot Platform's first quarter 2023 financial report, Rhodium breached its contract with Riot by failing ...

Mining company Marathon Digital Holdings has partnered with digital asset infrastructure firm Zero Two to set up two mining farms in Abu Dhabi. According to a statement from Marathon Digital, there will initially be two bitcoin mining facilities, with a total capacity of ...

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Jack Dorsey's Block Company has completed development of a prototype ASIC chip that should accelerate the market entry of an open-source bitcoin mining rig. The Block team claims the new five-nanometer (5nm) chip will be the key to decentralizing bitcoin mining. It will ...

Bhutan's largest state-owned company, Druk Holding and Investments, announced that it has been mining bitcoin for several years to diversify its investment portfolio.</div DHI CEO Ujjwal Deep Dahal said the company began showing interest in mining bitcoin when it was wor ...

Bitfarms, a mining company based in Canada, has announced that it has secured the necessary electricity permits to expand its production capacity to 100 MW at its Rio Cuarto facility in Argentina. The company is planning to increase the farm's active capacity by 100% by April 28, with the additio ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has acknowledged the positive impact of bitcoin mining on both the economy and the environment. According to their recent video publication, bitcoin mining has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly. The WEF advocates for the shift of mine ...

The Government of Sweden recently announced its plans to cancel tax breaks for miners and significantly increase the electricity tariff for cryptocurrency mining by 58 times. The cost of electricity for mining will go from $0.0006 to $0.035 per kWh, and the benefits will be lifted starting in Jul ...

Marathon Digital, the second-largest Bitcoin storage company globally, has set a new record for cryptocurrency production. According to Marathon CEO Fred Thiel, the company increased its Bitcoin production by 41% quarter-on-quarter to a remarkable 2,195 BTC. The month of March was especially f ...

An innovative farmer from Armagh, Northern Ireland, has found a novel way to utilize excess energy on his farm - by converting cow dung into digital currency. Tom Campbell, the farm owner, employs a technique called anaerobic digestion to break down biodegradable matter, resulting in the producti ...

An esteemed investor, Mike Alfred, has recently shared his insights on companies engaged in the production of the world's first cryptocurrency. According to him, in the current market scenario, such firms represent an alluring investment proposition. Alfred is of the opinion that mining compan ...

Pennsylvania has made headlines with the launch of the Nautilus Cryptomine, which has become the first Bitcoin mining farm in the United States to operate entirely on nuclear power. This innovative project was spearheaded by TeraWulf, a company that has already deployed 8,000 mining devices with ...