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Riot Blockchain's Bitcoin mining productivity dropped 28% YOY amid record Texas heat
3.8.2022
"The company voluntarily curtailed its energy consumption in order to ensure that more power would be available in Texas,” said Riot CEO Jason Les
Riot Blockchain Mined 28% Less Bitcoin in July as Heat Wave Cut Power Supply
3.8.2022
Lower energy consumption helped the miner generate $9.5 million in power credits
Riot Suspends Valorant Pros Over Teabagging Controversy
27.7.2022
Two days ago, Riot Games suspended two competitive Valorant players after a public disagreement about teabagging. Dawn “Dawn” Park and Vivian “Risorah” Dela Cruz are now banned from official Riot competitions for three months and nine months respectively. Read more
Crypto miners in Texas shut down operations as state experiences extreme heat wave
11.7.2022
ERCOT reported that wind generation in Texas was “generating significantly less," potentially leaving the state unable to meet energy demands during triple-digit temperatures
Reddit Launches NFT Avatar Marketplace, New Gaming Investments + More News
7.7.2022
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Coming to Texas: Riot Blockchain announces plans to move NY miners to Lone Star State
6.7.2022
Moving rigs from New York to Texas was part of Riot's effort to reduce the firm’s operating expenses through lower power costs and eliminate “all third-party hosting fees.”
Riot Blockchain Starts Move Away From New York Hosting Site
6.7.2022
The company continued to sell its bitcoin, along with other bitcoin miners feeling the squeeze of the bear market
Bit Digital Production Slump Continued Into Q1, Strikes Deals With Coinmint, Riot to Increase Hashrate
22.6.2022
The bitcoin miner has struggled to recover its hashrate after moving its operations from China
Pussy Riot, Political Action and the Future of DAOs
14.6.2022
Nadya Tolokonnikova, a founder of the protest collective, has been using censorship- resistant tools enabled by crypto to advance its messaging for social change
Everything Shown At Xbox’s Big 2022 Press Conference
12.6.2022
E3 might have taken 2022 off, but the show(s) must go on. Today’s big one is the annual Xbox showcase, which shares title billing with the one first-party studio that’s only released games on PS5 since getting acquired by Microsoft for the price of a presidential election.Read more
New Crypto Lawsuits, Pan-Asian Crypto Regulations, Hiring Pause + More News
3.6.2022
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Riot Blockchain Sells More Bitcoin, Trims Hashrate Guidance
2.6.2022
It’s the miner’s third consecutive month of bitcoin sales
Game Devs Tell Elon Musk He's Wrong About What It Takes To Make Something Good
2.6.2022
The Ls are stacking up for Elon Musk. Tesla’s shitposter-in-chief got ratio’d over the weekend for trying to dunk on a satirical gaming site and is now taking heat for an incredibly aggro company email about how remote work is for lazy frauds. A lot of people in the tech world aren’t having...
Another Bitcoin Mining Scrutiny, Layoffs at Crypto Exchanges, Binance in Canada + More News
2.6.2022
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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Names Its Head of Corporate Operations as New CFO
2.6.2022
Current CFO Jeff McGonegal will retire and move into a new role as senior advisor of the miner in mid-August
The Super Mario Daisy Fandom Is Ready To Riot Against Nintendo
13.5.2022
Nintendo fans are currently up in arms, but not over graphical downgrades or Pokédex revamps. Nope, this time, it’s over a shunned character in an upcoming game, and not even an A-lister at that: Princess Daisy isn’t in Mario Strikers: Battle League.Read more
Not bothered: Miners ‘not impacted by volatility’ in Bitcoin market
12.5.2022
In the face of extreme fear in the Bitcoin market, miners are unfazed and may even welcome a downturn as it opens up the opportunity to gain more hash power
Bitcoin Miner Riot First Quarter Revenue Misses Estimate
10.5.2022
The miner reiterates its hashrate guidance of 12.8 EH/s
Riot Blockchain Sells Nearly Half of April’s Bitcoin Production
3.5.2022
The company mined 508 bitcoin in April, down from 511 in March, but up about 150% from year-ago levels
Riot Blockchain Is Constructing a 1 GW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Navarro County, Texas
29.4.2022
The publicly listed bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain has announced the company has started development on a 1 gigawatt (GW) bitcoin mining facility in Navarro County, Texas. The development of 400 megawatts (MW) of capacity has been initiated on the 265-acre site and the team hopes to have bitcoin...