Jack Dorsey wants to decentralize Bitcoin mining with new investment

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 ...

Crypto Mining Unveiled: Hardware, Software, Pools and Operations

In today's digital age, the concept of currency has taken on a whole new meaning. No longer confined to physical objects like coins or banknotes, we now have a form of currency that exists purely in the digital realm. Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, have gained immense popularity over the years, ...

Luxor refutes claims its Bitcoin hashrate-backed product is BlockFi, Celsius 2.0

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 ...

Marathon’s Bitcoin mining rate fell 9% in August

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 ...

Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index updated to reflect hardware distribution and hashrate increases

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 requests permission to burn tires for crypto mining in Pennsylvania

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.  ...

Iris Energy buys 248 Nvidia GPUs worth $10M for generative AI & Bitcoin mining

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 ...

Canaan’s 2Q mining revenue jumps 43% on 1Q, but net loss climbs 31%

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 ...

Argo Blockchain cuts 2022 debt by half, down to $75M

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 ...

TeraWulf increases self-mined BTC in Q2, while Hut8 looks to USBTC merger

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 ...

KuCoin suspends Bitcoin and Litecoin mining pools

KuCoin's Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC) mining pools will be suspended from 16:00:00 on Aug. 15, 2023 (UTC) until further notice. The exchange said the decision was "in line with KuCoin's evolving business strategy" but didn't elaborate further. It's unclear if the decision is relat ...

Ethereum is about to get crushed by liquid staking tokens

Before we know it, liquid staking tokens (LSTs) are going to replace Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH). The LST market is already worth approximately $17 billion, and it has grown continuously since Ethereum’s Merge.While LSTs are just beginning to hit their stride, their advan ...

Bitcoin miners still bullish despite toughest bear market yet – Hut8, Foundry, Braiins

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 ...

The last Bitcoin: What will happen once all BTC are mined?

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.& ...

Kazakhstan Closes Illegal Cryptocurrency Exchange

The Financial Monitoring Agency (AFM) of Kazakhstan has reported the closure of an illegal cryptocurrency exchange, ABS Change, by law enforcement agencies. The exchange was founded by three Kazakh citizens who operated outside the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC), which is the only t ...