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US Bitcoin Corp Secures Hosting Agreements for 150,000 Bitcoin Miners
18.5.2023
On Thursday, the bitcoin mining company U.S. Bitcoin Corp revealed the firm has successfully secured hosting agreements with five different companies to install 150,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners. The bitcoin mining machines will be hosted in data centers situated...
Bitcoin Mining in 2023: 18 Profitable ASIC Devices and the Dominance of Three Major Manufacturers Revealed
16.5.2023
According to statistics from mid-May 2023, 18 different application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining devices are profitable using today’s bitcoin exchange rates. Additionally, the top bitcoin mining machines today are made by three prominent ASIC manufacturers,...
Police in Kosovo Seize Crypto Mining Rigs From Serbs
16.4.2023
Kosovo police have seized dozens of crypto mining devices from residents of a majority Serb region in the north of the country. Authorities in Pristina and Belgrade exchanged accusations over the move, which has the potential to raise tensions in the ethnically divided, partially recognized Balkan...
China Fines Bitmain $3.6 Million for Tax Violations, Report
13.4.2023
Chinese authorities have fined leading crypto mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain for tax-related violations, local media reported. The penalty comes amid increasing tax checks in the digital asset sector, according to information from the crypto community. Bitmain Fined for Failing to Pay Income...
BankProv Stops Offering Loans Collateralized With Crypto Mining Machines
31.1.2023
The crypto-friendly bank wrote off $47.9 million in loans, primarily mining rig-collateralized debt
BlockFi gets court nod to sell crypto mining assets
31.1.2023
It is understood that BlockFi wants to get bids in quickly as possible to make the most of the current market conditions
Compass Mining sued for losing Bitcoin mining machines bought by customers
19.1.2023
The lawsuit alleges that Compass Mining didn’t disclose to Bit River that it was only the ‘middleman,’ not the owner of its customers’ machines
Hive Blockchain Shares Are Up 100% YTD, Deploys Intel’s Blockscale Chip For Bitcoin Mining Machines
16.1.2023
The shares of Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Hive Blockchain (HIVE) are up more than 100% since the year began, while it just recently deployed its first machines based on Intel's (INTC) Blockscale chips.
Between Tuesday, January 3 and Friday, January 13, 2023, HIVE shares jumped 104.6%.
On January...
Hive Blockchain Deploys First Intel-Powered Bitcoin Mining Machines
13.1.2023
The Canadian miner expects the machines to bring 110 to 130 terrash/second of computing power each
Iranian Courts Order Return of Thousands of Seized Crypto Mining Machines: Reports
4.1.2023
The country has been cracking down on mining to deal with power shortages
Iran Returns Seized Crypto Mining Equipment to Miners
3.1.2023
A government body responsible for state property in Iran has released some of the hardware seized from illegal crypto mining farms. Its top executive explained the agency was obliged to do that by courts in the Islamic Republic, where unlicensed miners have been blamed for power shortages....
Challenging Year for Bitcoin Miners as Fewer BTC Mining Rigs Are Profitable at Current Prices
31.12.2022
Bitcoin miners have had a challenging year as the network’s mining difficulty reached an all-time high and the spot market price of bitcoin dropped below the cost of production. Currently, with electricity costs at $0.07 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), only 18 application-specific integrated...
Demand for Cryptocurrency Miners Rises in Russia Amid Low Prices of Hardware
4.12.2022
Russia’s market for specialized crypto mining equipment has been seeing high demand over the past couple of months, with buyers attracted by the low price tags. Russian experts also predict an increase in the supply of used coin minting hardware as large foreign companies leave the industry....
BTC miner CleanSpark scoops up thousands of miners amid 'distressed markets'
2.11.2022
CleanSpark bought over 3,800 mining machines at $15.50 per terahash – far below the current market price of $22.94 and an 85.4% discount from the all-time high costs of $106.62 in Dec. 2021
Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Acquires 3,853 Bitmain-Made BTC Mining Rigs for $5.9 Million
1.11.2022
On Nov. 1, 2022, the bitcoin miner Cleanspark revealed it acquired 3,853 Bitmain-brand Antminer S19J Pro mining rigs for $5.9 million. According to Cleanspark, the company has purchased 26,500 bitcoin mining machines since the crypto winter started in June. Cleanspark Purchases 3,853 Antminer S19J...
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Buys Another Batch of Mining Machines
1.11.2022
The bitcoin miner has bought more than 26,500 mining machines and 116MW of facilities in the bear market
Progress Toward Bitcoin’s Halving Is 60% Complete, Block Times Suggest Reduction Could Happen Next Year
9.10.2022
According to countdown statistics based on the average block generation time of around ten minutes, progress toward the next Bitcoin block reward halving has surpassed 60%. However, while most halving countdown clocks leverage the ten-minute average, the countdown leveraging the most current block...
Bitmain Discounts Bitcoin Mining Machines in an Already Depressed Market
21.9.2022
Prices for bitcoin mining rigs have fallen by about 70% this year
Russian Arrested for Defrauding Buyers of Mining Hardware Worth Over $300,000
5.9.2022
Police in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have detained a man accused of defrauding people who wanted to purchase crypto miners. Law enforcement officials say the suspect made millions of rubles through fictitious sales of mining devices to Russian citizens and foreigners. Investigators...
Russian Caught Mining Crypto in Covid-19 Clinic
22.8.2022
An IT specialist working for a medical institution in Russia’s Altai Republic has been detained for illegally mining cryptocurrency at the premises of a Covid-19 hospital. The man minted digital currencies using stolen electricity for almost a year before law enforcement busted his crypto...