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What are the risks of the Ethereum Merge?
16.10.2022
The mammoth task of merging Ethereum’s mainnet and Beacon Chain is finally complete, but what are the risks?
Despite Significant Difficulty and Low BTC Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Continues to Climb Higher
16.10.2022
Following the largest difficulty increase the Bitcoin network has seen in 2022, the network’s hashrate has not been affected by the 13.55% increase. In fact, five days ago at block height 758,138, the network’s computational power surpassed the all-time high (ATH) recorded on October...
Binance Announces $500 Million Funding for Bitcoin Mining
15.10.2022
Binance Pool, the crypto mining services arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, aims to support Bitcoin miners to weather the crypto winter with a $500 million loan.
The ongoing bear market has had deep impacts on almost all industry participants, particularly miners. Amid rising fuel...
A Huge Glut of Bitcoin Mining Rigs Is Sitting Unused in Boxes
14.10.2022
The situation is further disrupting the economics of a sector already hit by low crypto prices and high energy costs
Binance Pool to aid BTC mining industry with $500m project
14.10.2022
Binance Pool has formally announced its ambition to assist the cryptocurrency mining sector. In order to attain this goal and put it into full practice, they have devised a miner lending initiative with a value of $500 million. In addition, they are aggressively seeking all vendors in the cloud...
Bitcoin Miner Pow.re Begins Mining Facility Construction in Paraguay, Acquires 3,600 Microbt ASICs
14.10.2022
According to the crypto mining operation Pow.re Holdings Limited, the firm announced that it has begun construction of two new mining facilities in Asunción, Paraguay. The new data centers will manage 12 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric power, and the firm has also acquired 3,600 Microbt Whatsminer...
Binance Pool Starts $500 Million Fund to Support Bitcoin Mining
14.10.2022
Binance Pool is the latest entity to join the growing ranks of alternative lenders looking to provide capital to the distressed mining industry
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...
Crypto News Summary: Samsung's 'Private Blockchain' Security System, Five Charged Over $2.5M NFT Theft
13.10.2022
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Draft Law Seeks to Oblige Kazakhstan’s Crypto Miners to Exchange Bulk of Income in Country
13.10.2022
Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan are to be required to convert up to three quarters of their income on locally registered exchanges, according to a new bill that’s advancing in the nation’s legislature. Lawmakers also want to make sure crypto companies pay their taxes and fees. Parliament...
Crypto Mining Firm BitNile to Start Bitcoin-Based Marketplace Next Year
13.10.2022
Bitcoin mining firm BitNile (NILE) plans to set up a bitcoin-based marketplace in the first half of next year to reduce the complexity of transacting in bitcoin
Argentinian Tax Authority Strengthens Crackdown on Illegal Crypto Miners
13.10.2022
Argentina’s tax body has bolstered its ongoing crackdown on crypto miners who do not declare their operations – and looks set to make good on the government’s pledge to ensure that all crypto-related activity in the nation is taxed....
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Further BTC mining consolidation as Crusoe acquires peer mining firm
13.10.2022
Crusoe Energy Systems has just acquired the operating assets of Great American Mining, a sign that further consolidation could be ahead
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...
Senator Warren leads the charge against energy consumption claims on Texas crypto miners
12.10.2022
According to a letter penned by seven U.S. lawmakers, ERCOT was "intimately connected" with the growth of crypto mining in Texas
Senator Warren Leads Congressional Group's Probe Into Bitcoin Mining Energy Use in Texas
12.10.2022
Seven Democrats are asking Texas grid operator how bitcoin mining is impacting the state
Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Completes Sandersville Facility Acquisition, Firm’s Hashrate Now 4.7 Exahash
12.10.2022
On October 11, the publicly-listed bitcoin miner Cleanspark announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mawson Infrastructure Group’s Georgia-based bitcoin mining facility. Following the acquisition, Cleanspark says it now manages 220 megawatts (MW) of bitcoin miners with a hashrate...
City of Niagara Falls orders Blockfusion facility to cease and desist crypto mining
11.10.2022
The city notice effectively stopped the facility from conducting “any cryptocurrency mining or related operations” until Blockfusion was in compliance with local zoning ordinances
Crypto News Summary: Coinbase Partners with Google Cloud for Crypto Payments, CNN Kills Vault
11.10.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
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Block Subsidiary Spiral, Mining Tech Firm Braiins Spearhead Push for Bitcoin Mining Upgrades
11.10.2022
The firms are pushing for the adoption of Stratum V2, which promises to increase the bitcoin network's censorship resistance and decentralization