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Crypto Derivatives Skyrocket, Mining Pool Industry Heats Up + More News
27.4.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency, reports that the total crypto derivatives trading volume in the first...
Bitcoin Hits Highest Level Since Black Thursday Amid Halving Buzz
27.4.2020
Bitcoin's upward momentum is gathering pace just two weeks ahead of halving, with prices hitting the highest level since last month's crash
Binance Launches Crypto Mining Pool Amid Centralization Concerns
27.4.2020
After mining its first block in closed-beta last week, Binance has launched its mining pool. However, the crypto community is concerned about centralization
Samson Mow: Bitmain S17/T17 Antminer Has High Failure Rate
27.4.2020
Technical issues with the Bitmain Antminer S17/T17 heat sinks caused nearly a third of them to short out, according to the Blockstream CSO
The Rise of ASICs: A Step-by-Step History of Bitcoin Mining
26.4.2020
The machines that maintain the Bitcoin network have undergone rapid technological development. Here's a detailed look at that evolution and at what might lie ahead
Bitcoin Mining Equipment Maker Ebang Files $100 Million IPO for US Stock Market Listing
26.4.2020
Bitcoin mining chip maker Ebang International Holdings Inc. is seeking to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S. The Chinese company will sell Class A ordinary shares of nominal value HK$0.001 (US$0.00013) per share if its IPO filing is approved. In a filing...
Vitalik: Obsolete Mining Hardware Could be Used for Zero Knowledge Proofs
26.4.2020
Vitalik Buterin has an interesting take on how Ethereum’s proof-of-work hardware can be used once the network switches consensus algorithms
Bitcoin Miner Maker Ebang Files for a $100M US IPO
25.4.2020
Ebang International Holdings, one of the leading makers of bitcoin mining equipment, is taking another stab at going public, this time in the U.S
Bitcoin Halving 2020: The ‘Arms Race’ for Miner Efficiency Intensifies
25.4.2020
In the lead-up to the next bitcoin halving event in May, some bitcoin miners are looking at leveraging what some describe as “surplus energy” to make operations even more cost-effective
Bitcoin Mining Chip Producer Ebang Files for $100 Million IPO in US
25.4.2020
After seeking to conduct a $1 billion IPO in Hong Kong during 2018, Ebang is seeking to raise $100 million the United States
The Next Bitcoin Halving: To Halve and to Hold?
23.4.2020
Bitcoin halving 2020: What will be the best strategy afterward — to hold or to sell?
Cybersecurity Firm ESET Manages to Disrupt Major Monero-Mining Botnet
23.4.2020
The Monero-mining malware has infected over 35,000 computers since May 2019, with 90% of compromised devices located in Peru
Arctos Inks $1M Sale and Leaseback Deal With Bitcoin Miner Blockware
23.4.2020
The mining company will use the funding to expand its operations in the U.S
China’s Rainy Season Is Coming. This Time Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Investing
23.4.2020
With bitcoin’s price drop and imminent halving, mining farms in China are struggling to fill slots despite the coming rainy season, when power is cheap
Privacy Altcoin Beam to Execute Second Hard Fork in June 2020
22.4.2020
Privacy-focused altcoin Beam will execute its second hard fork on June 28, upgrading the network’s PoW algorithm from BeamHash II to BeamHash III
Peer Into the Crystal Ball: Will BTC Halving Echo Fate of BCH and BSV?
22.4.2020
Will the upcoming Bitcoin halving follow the historical trend of being a precursor to another bullish period for the BTC spot price?
Chinese Cosmic Cryptocurrency Ponzi Absorbs $11 Million in Three Weeks
22.4.2020
A crypto Ponzi claiming to offer cosmic powers has somehow accumulated roughly 1,600 Bitcoins in only a matter of weeks
Mining Difficulty Might Reach All-Time High Before Bitcoin Halving
21.4.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty just saw its biggest rise in six months and it's estimated it'll reach an all-time high in two weeks.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, a measure showing how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, just went through another adjustment, and the numbers were close to what...
Negative Oil Prices Could Hurt Bitcoin Miners Who Use Flared Gas
20.4.2020
North American bitcoin miners who've bet on fossil-fuel extraction to power their rigs are watching the oil markets closely as prices sink to historic lows
Next-Generation Bitcoin Mining Hardware Arrives Just In Time For BTC Halving
20.4.2020
MicroBT is looking to expand its further eat into Bitmain’s market share, recently revealing its next-generation 100 TH/s Bitcoin miners at a virtual launch event