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Bitcoin Mining Firms Merge to Build World’s Largest Purported Mining Farm in 2020
19.11.2019
Bitcoin mining firms Northern Bitcoin and Whinstone are merging and plan to jointly build the world’s largest mining farm
Canadian Company Commissions 3 Bitcoin Mining Units to Restart Oil Well
17.11.2019
A nascent industry utilizing flared gas to power bitcoin mining units has been developing over the past year or so, in symbiosis with the oil and gas industry in North America. Companies providing services in this promising niche continue to install mobile datacenters at oil wells in the U.S....
What Powers China’s Crypto Mining Industry, and Is It Sustainable?
16.11.2019
China is at the forefront of the burgeoning crypto mining industry, but as environmental concerns loom, its sustainability has come into question
China Walks Back Hardline Media Rhetoric Toward Crypto and Blockchain
14.11.2019
Do China’s recent pro-Bitcoin comments signify a change of heart for the Eastern powerhouse toward its local crypto market?
C++ Creator Laments C++ Use in Bitcoin Mining Operation
12.11.2019
Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++ programming language, has expressed disappointment in C++’s use in Bitcoin mining operation
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Estimated to Drop Again + More Crypto News
11.11.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
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After seven increases in a row, the Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 7.1% on November 8 and is estimated...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sees Biggest 2019 Drop as Hash Rate Spikes
11.11.2019
Bitcoin difficulty drops but hash rate estimate improves
Not Accidental China's U-Turn On Bitcoin Mining Might Fuel Competition
8.11.2019
Changes in China's Bitcoin (BTC) mining policy are not accidental, and competition in the global mining sector might become more intense, says an analyst at Beijing-based token data and rating agency TokenInsight. Moreover, the recent major crypto move by Hong Kong might also increase competition...
Market Outlook: Crypto Whale Tales and China’s Blockchain Hype
7.11.2019
During our last market outlook, cryptocurrency prices had found new foundations after the massive rally on Friday, October 25. Since then digital currency prices have been meandering roughly in the same positions after coins like BTC failed to break upper resistance on various occasions. Also read:...
Malaysian Thieves Drill Through Wall to Steal 85 Crypto Machines
7.11.2019
Authorities arrested five suspected in the theft of almost 100 bitcoin machines
Turkey Becomes the Latest Nation to Work on Digital Fiat
7.11.2019
Trade wars, sanctions, fear from private and decentralized cryptocurrencies. Regardless of the motive, a number of governments have recently taken the path of creating their own digital money. Turkey has become the latest country to announce plans for the issue of a “blockchain-based”...
Bitcoin Miner Canaan Creative’s 2019 Revenue Nears $100M Ahead of IPO
7.11.2019
Mixed financial results for Canaan as IPO nears
China Removes Bitcoin Mining From Unwanted Industries List
6.11.2019
Inspired by its new fascination with blockchain, China now seems to have changed its mind about cryptocurrency mining. The latest version of a national macroeconomic plan indicates that the government in Beijing has given up intentions to suppress the bitcoin mining industry, in which Chinese...
‘Bullish for Bitcoin’ — China Scraps Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Mining
6.11.2019
China will no longer persecute Bitcoin mining, new official documents show
China Changes its Stance Towards Bitcoin Mining
6.11.2019
China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), has reportedly removed Bitcoin mining from the list of industries that might be eliminated.
Cryptocurrency mining has not been included in the finalized catalog for Guiding Industry Restructuring that will take effect...
China Scraps Plan to Categorize Bitcoin Mining as Industry to Be Eliminated
6.11.2019
China's top economic planning agency has scrapped the plan to categorize bitcoin mining as an industry to be eliminated from the country
Chinese Agency Scraps Plan to Eliminate Bitcoin Mining Industry
6.11.2019
China's top economic planning agency has remove bitcoin mining from a list of industries to be phased out from the country
Bitcoin Mining Power Sees Short-Term Drop as Rainy Season Ends in China
1.11.2019
After sustained growth over the past three months, bitcoin's mining power has dropped with a seasonal falloff in hydropower output in China
Bitcoin Thermocap Approaches $15B as Miners Hit $1B in Fee Revenue
31.10.2019
Bitcoin pays out $15 billion to miners since 2009
Mining Giant Bitmain Confidentially Files for U.S.-Based IPO
30.10.2019
According to reports, bitcoin mining manufacturer Bitmain Technologies confidentially filed for a U.S.-based initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The news follows the alleged removal of cofounder and executive director Micree Zhan and the recent announcement...