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Bitcoin Network Preps for Another Difficulty Spike as Hashrate Remains Strong and Miners Profit Amid Price Surge
21.3.2023
Following the last two difficulty increases on the Bitcoin network, another rise in difficulty is expected to take place on March 24, 2023. Statistics show that Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained high despite the last two adjustments, and block times have been faster than the ten-minute...
Today in Crypto: Coinbase Halts Support for Signature Bank’s Signet, MetaMask & MoonPay Expand Partnership in Nigeria, India to Hit 156M Crypto Users This Year, Xapo Bank Integrates USDC Payment Rails
21.3.2023
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Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Sinks to Fourth-Quarter Loss as Difficulty, Costs Rise
21.3.2023
Bitfarms is shooting for 6 exahash per second of computing power by the end of 2023, the same goal it had set and missed for 2022
Core Scientific to transfer $20M of equipment to settle bankruptcy dispute
21.3.2023
Millions of dollars worth of electrical equipment will be transferred to the crypto miners' exclusive energy negotiator to settle a payments dispute
Core Scientific Bankruptcy Judge Approves Transfer of Over $20M of Equipment to Its Exclusive Energy Negotiator
20.3.2023
Core Scientific had stopped paying Priority Power Management in May 2022
Several Crypto Mining Operations Busted in Russia
19.3.2023
Authorities and power utilities in various Russian regions have shut down illegal crypto mining farms, seizing hardware and taking operators to court. The action against the coin minting facilities comes amid discussions on a proposal to introduce criminal liability for miners breaking the upcoming...
Coinbase, Hut 8 and Other Crypto Stocks Rise as Bitcoin Surpasses $26K
17.3.2023
Bitcoin’s price is up 6% over the last 24 hours
Crypto mining in 2023 — Is it still worth it? Watch Market Talks
16.3.2023
Join us as we discuss whether cryptocurrency mining is still worth it in 2023 and all the latest updates regarding the mining industry
Today in Crypto: Europol Closes ChipMixer & Seizes BTC 1909, 'Surge in Cold Storage & ETH Layer 2 Usage' Post-FTX, Synalcom & Qori Enable Crypto Transactions for 20K Businesses in 'One Action'
15.3.2023
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Europol Closes ChipMixer & Seizes BTC 1909, 'Surge in Cold Storage & ETH Layer 2 Usage' Post-FTX, Synalcom...
Crypto Winter Ends Era of Bitcoin Mining ‘HODLers’
15.3.2023
Bitcoin miners are no longer able or willing to hold onto all of their mined digital assets indefinitely
Accounting Platform Cryptio Partners With Protocol Labs to Help Filecoin Miners Go Public
14.3.2023
Filecoin miners will be able to generate accounting reports needed to pass their public company accounting oversight board (PCAOB) financial audits
Today in Crypto: Wirex & Novatti to Issue Cards to Australians, 280 Networks & $25BN at Risk Due to a Vulnerability, China’s 'Surveillance Coins' vs US 'Freedom Coins'
14.3.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Today in Crypto: Wirex & Novatti to Issue Cards to Australians, 280 Networks & $25BN at Risk Due to a Vulnerability...
Russian MP Calls for Gov’t to Hurry Crypto Mining Legalization – Here’s His Rationale
14.3.2023
A Russian lawmaker has called for the legalization of crypto mining – and has claimed that bringing mining out of a “grey” legal sphere as soon as possible will benefit both miners and the government.
The comments came from the MP Sergei Malikov, a member of the Moscow Regional Duma, where...
Report: Egyptian Police Arrest 29 Alleged Masterminds of Crypto Mining App Scam
14.3.2023
The Egyptian police are reported to have recently arrested 29 individuals associated with the Hoggpool cryptocurrency mining app scam. In addition to seizing 95 mobile phones and 3,367 SIM cards, the police said domestic and foreign currency valued at $194,000 was recovered during the arrests....
Bitcoin Miner Stocks Surge Amidst Banking Meltdown
13.3.2023
Mining equities were up about 17% on average, along with the price of bitcoin
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Says It Still Has Access to $142M at Signature Bank
13.3.2023
Marathon terminated a credit facility with Silvergate last week
Solo Bitcoin miner defies odds to mine valid BTC block, gets $150K block reward
13.3.2023
The act of mining a valid BTC block solo is so rare that the event has occurred only 270 times out of the 700,000 blocks produced in the last 13 years
Revised Bill Suggests Prison Time for Russian Crypto Miners Evading Taxation
12.3.2023
A draft law designed to regulate crypto mining in Russia introduces harsh penalties for miners failing to report digital assets to the state. In its latest revision, the bill also threatens to punish those who organize illegal trading of cryptocurrencies with imprisonment and hefty fines. Forced...
Crypto Biz: Silvergate shutting down, Alameda suing Grayscale
10.3.2023
Negative headlines surrounding Silvergate dragged Bitcoin's price below $20,000. Meanwhile, bankrupt Alameda is planning to sue Grayscale and its parent company DCG
Crypto Mining Firms Targeted: U.S. Treasury Proposes 30% Tax on Electricity Costs
10.3.2023
Crypto mining firms based in the United States could be subject to a 30% tax on electricity costs under a new budget proposal aimed at reducing mining activity.
According to a March 9 supplementary budget explainer paper by the Department of the Treasury, any firm using owned or rented mining rigs...