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From Bitcoin to AI: Crusoe Energy Sells Mining Arm to NYDIG
26.3.2025
Crusoe Energy has sold its bitcoin mining operations to NYDIG to prioritize artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure development, the companies announced March 25. NYDIG Expands Bitcoin Mining Footprint with Crusoe Acquisition Reports disclose that the transaction includes over 425 modular data...
Green Bitcoin Mining: Nodal Power Secures $13M for Landfill Gas Conversion
30.8.2023
Utah-based Nodal Power, which specializes in turning landfill gas into energy for powering bitcoin (BTC) mining hubs, recently announced a successful $13 million seed round backed by strategic investors. Bryan Black, Nodal’s CEO, stressed the technology’s “potential to make...
Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Secures 50 BTC on Newly Launched Liquidity Platform Block Green
14.6.2023
Block Green aims to unlock liquidity from institutional investors for miners and incentivize green mining
Upstream Data Sues Crusoe Energy Over Waste Gas Mining Patent
23.5.2023
Crusoe is not a pioneer, but a follower, says the lawsuit filed by Stephen Barbour's mining firm
Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Piloting a Waste Gas Methodology With Miner Crusoe Energy
27.4.2023
Crypto miners, like Crusoe, use gas that would otherwise be wasted and minimize methane emissions
BTC miner CleanSpark scoops up thousands of miners amid 'distressed markets'
2.11.2022
CleanSpark bought over 3,800 mining machines at $15.50 per terahash – far below the current market price of $22.94 and an 85.4% discount from the all-time high costs of $106.62 in Dec. 2021
US Lawmakers Send Inquiry to ERCOT CEO Over Texas Crypto Mining and Its Effects on the So-Called Climate Crisis
13.10.2022
A number of Democratic U.S. policymakers have written a letter to the CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in order to inquire about the cryptocurrency mining operations in the state. The letter that stems from senator Elizabeth Warren’s office says that the lawmakers...
Gas-to-Bitcoin Firm Crusoe Energy Acquires the Operating Assets of Great American Mining
13.10.2022
The Denver-based gas-to-bitcoin infrastructure company Crusoe Energy announced on Wednesday that it acquired the operating assets of Great American Mining (GAM). The acquisition gives Crusoe over 10 megawatts (MW) of mining capacity and 4,000 ASIC mining rigs. Digital Flare Mitigation Firm Crusoe...
Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Buys Fellow Flared-Gas Operator GAM
12.10.2022
Acquisition opportunities are arising amid a crypto bear market that is squeezing miners
Amid Colorado’s Gas Flare Ban, Report Shows Half Dozen Gas and Oil Firms Are Raking in a Lot of Bitcoin
30.8.2022
In November 2020, Colorado banned gas flaring, venting, and the release of raw gas into the atmosphere. While the centennial state has a large number of well sites, a recent report shows that roughly a half dozen Colorado oil and gas companies are leveraging gas-to-bitcoin flare mitigation systems...
Gas-to-Bitcoin Firm Crusoe Energy Sues Rival Alkane Midstream Over Patent Infringement
27.8.2022
The Denver-based gas-to-bitcoin infrastructure company Crusoe Energy is suing the rival firm Alkane Midstream LLC over alleged patent infringement and poaching customers in Colorado. Crusoe’s lawsuit claims since November 2019, “Alkane was actively monitoring Crusoe and...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Continue to Expand Amid the Crypto Winter, While Converting ‘Wasted Gas to Energy at Scale’
12.8.2022
The bitcoin mining industry continues to expand as companies are obtaining more megawatts of capacity, building new facilities, and acquiring thousands of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining rigs. On Friday, the firm Validus Power revealed it has acquired two natural gas power...
Landfill Gas Mitigation Firm Vespene Energy Secures $4.3M to Bolster Gas-to-Bitcoin Solutions
11.8.2022
On August 9, a firm that uses landfill methane to fuel bitcoin miners, Vespene Energy, announced the company has raised $4.3 million in a funding round led by Polychain Capital. Vespene aims to use the funds for its pilot in California by using landfill methane to mine bitcoin and “mitigate...
Middle East Oil Producers Move Into Bitcoin Mining With Crusoe Energy Stakes
3.6.2022
The U.S. startup – which uses flared natural gas to power Bitcoin mining rigs – counts the sovereign wealth funds of Abu Dhabi and Oman as investors
Gas-to-Bitcoin Mining Firm Crusoe Energy Systems Raises $505 Million
22.4.2022
On Thursday, the bitcoin mining and flare gas mitigation firm Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. revealed it secured $505 million in new capital from strategic investors. According to the announcement, the Series C equity funding round was led by the climate technology venture capital firm G2 Venture...
Flared-Gas Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Raises $350M Series C
21.4.2022
The company is also bringing on additional credit facilities of up to $155 million
‘Bitcoin in Cowboy County’ — New Documentary to Feature Gas-to-Bitcoin Mining Solutions in Central Wyoming
28.3.2022
According to the bitcoin mining operation and mining rig reseller, Compass Mining, a new documentary will be released that covers the bitcoin mining operations in central Wyoming. The documentary, called “Bitcoin in Cowboy County: Wyoming’s Powder River Miners,” will premiere...
Report: Gas Giant Exxon Is Running a Gas-to-Bitcoin Mining Pilot Program in North Dakota
25.3.2022
Exxon Mobil Corporation is reportedly participating in a pilot program that leverages excess natural gas to power crypto mining machines, according to a recent report quoting people familiar with the matter. The report states that the oil giant is partnered with the firm Crusoe Energy Systems,...
Russian Oil Giant Provides Excess Gas to Operations Powering Bitcoin Mining Devices
10.1.2021
The firm Gazpromneft, an oil subsidiary of the Russian natural gas and global energy company Gazprom, is giving bitcoin mining operations the chance to power operations by using excess gas for electricity. The Russian firm has allowed a small mining operation to benefit from the excess gas...
Publicly Listed Energy Firm Equinor Exploits Gas Flaring in North Dakota to Mine Bitcoin
21.9.2020
Just recently, the firm Arcane Research recently revealed a number of screenshots from the publicly traded energy firm, Equinor. The pictures show the multinational company leveraging natural gas flaring to power bitcoin mining operations. In recent years, using the unorthodox gas flaring scheme...