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Jihan Wu-Backed Crypto Miner Bitdeer Acquires ‘Singapore’s Fort Knox’ for $28.4 Million
26.9.2022
Sources have disclosed that the digital currency mining operation, Bitdeer Technologies, has purchased a high-security storage and display facility in Singapore called Le Freeport for $28.4 million. Bitdeer’s chairman, Jihan Wu, confirmed the vault acquisition via a text message following...
Report: Quebec’s Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Seeks Energy to Power Crypto-Mining Opportunities
19.9.2022
According to a report from Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative, members of the Mohawk Nation from Kahnawake are looking into using electricity from Hydro Quebec in order to power cryptocurrency mining operations. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) created a new organization to research...
Bitcoin Mining Threatens America’s Climate Change Efforts, White House Science and Tech Department Says
8.9.2022
The Biden administration is concerned about digital currency mining operations affecting climate change, after the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy published a report that says politicians should take action against crypto mining. The federal government’s entity recommends...
Singapore Myanmar Investco Purchases 800 Mining Rigs, Firm Plans to Offer Mining Services
26.8.2021
On August 24, the investment and management company, Singapore Myanmar Investco Limited (SMI), revealed the company is entering the bitcoin mining industry as it has ordered 800 mining rigs to be delivered to Southeast Asia. The move follows a number of firms pivoting toward digital currency...
Bitmain Cofounder Jihan Wu Says ‘Crypto Industry May Surpass the Internet’
1.5.2021
During the Second 421 Wet Season Festival and Mining Ecology Conference the Chairman of the Bitdeer Group and cofounder of Bitmain, Jihan Wu spoke about institutions flocking to cryptocurrency mining. During the event Bitdeer outlined the company’s computing partnerships and its plans to make...
Bitmain Reveals New Antminer E9 Ethereum Miner, ASIC Device Commands 3 GH/s Hashrate
26.4.2021
The cryptocurrency mining rig and ASIC chipmaker Bitmain revealed a new digital currency mining device that’s dedicated to mining ethereum. While the Ethereum network is slowly transitioning from proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system, Bitmain’s new Antminer E9 aims to...
Controversial Ukrainian Oligarch Is Reportedly Mining Bitcoin in the US
15.12.2020
One of the wealthiest oligarchs in Ukraine and a former governor in one of the country’s regions are reportedly mining bitcoin in a factory located in the U.S. Ukrainian Businessmen Are Reportedly Running Crypto Mining Operations at US Factory Per Radio Free Europe (known also as Radio...
Crypto Mining Crisis in Abkhazia Worsens After Power Substation Caught Fire
9.12.2020
The crypto mining crisis in Abkhazia is closely reaching its boiling point following the burnout of a power substation amid the refusal of both illegal and legal crypto miners to slow down their operations in the state. Crypto Mining Crisis Abkhazia Keeps Worsening Sputnik Abkhazia has reported...
Sichuan Officials Continue to Foster the Relationship Between Bitcoin Mining and Hydropower
18.8.2020
The province of Sichuan is well known for being one of the largest concentrations of bitcoin miners on earth because electrical costs are extremely cheap in the region. Data shows that miners using hydropower in Sichuan are paying between 0.065-0.075 yuan or $0.01 per kilowatt-hour. According...
Kazakh Gov Plans to Double Its Investment in Digital Currency Mining
1.7.2020
Kazakhstan says it will double its digital currency mining investment at the end of this year, and is eyeing a CBDC
Chinese Bitcoin Miners Migrate North After Wet Season
10.10.2019
A China-based crypto news outlet recently published a comprehensive report on the costs associated with building a digital currency mining farm in China. Additionally, the local publication revealed that Chinese miners are starting to migrate north to access cheap thermal power and wind power after...