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Bitcoin Posts a 66-Day Consecutive Streak Above the $10K Price Range
1.10.2020
The Bitcoin network has achieved a few new milestones during the last week, as the price has remained above the $10k range for a record 66 consecutive days. Meanwhile, the network has surpassed 18.5 million bitcoin issued, as the global hashrate coasts along at an all-time high of 140 exahash...
DeFi Has a Front-Running Problem. Sparkpool’s Potential Fix Is Launching This Month
1.10.2020
Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool will launch its new mining network, Taichi Network, complete with a “private transaction” feature this month
Record $166M Ethereum Fees Last Month Were Six Times Bigger than Bitcoin’s
1.10.2020
Ethereum continues to outpace Bitcoin in transaction fees, with DeFi mania helping push total fees to $166 million last month
Report: 76% crypto miners use renewables as part of their energy mix
1.10.2020
The use of renewable energy for cryptocurrency mining has seen considerable growth, according to a new report
DeFi Buzz Drove Record $12M Earnings This Summer, Says Ethereum Miner HIVE Blockchain
1.10.2020
The ether miner has reported its best ever quarter, saying that surging interest in DeFi led to bumper transaction fee revenues
Canaan Shares Dipped Only 2% in Q3 in Fourth-Straight Quarterly Drop
30.9.2020
The Nasdaq-listed mining manufacturer dropped 2% in Q3
MyEtherWallet’s founder used to pay his rent by mining Bitcoin
30.9.2020
His big takeaway? Mining rigs give off a lot of heat
Bitcoin.com Exchange to List Aspire and Aspire Gas as Newest Digital Asset Creation Platform Comes to Market
30.9.2020
Aspire (ASP) is the first digital asset creation platform to resist both mining exploits and 51 percent attacks common to proof-of-work blockchains. Its fees are a tiny fraction of creating assets on Ethereum or other platforms due to its innovative Aspire Gas (GASP) blockchain Both tokens will...
Bitcoin Miner Maker Ebang Narrows First Half Loss To $7 Million, as Covid-19 Hit Demand
29.9.2020
Ebang International Holdings Inc., the Chinese maker of bitcoin mining hardware, reported a net loss of $6.96 million during the first six months of this year, down from $19.07 million a year ago, as demand fell due to the coronavirus pandemic. Revenue plunged 51% to $11.04 million from $22.35...
Ethereum cumulative fees in 2020 eclipsed Bitcoin’s for the first time
28.9.2020
One type of "flippening" finally happened, but only miners are feasting
Only 2.5 million Bitcoin left to mine
27.9.2020
But with Bitcoin demand on the rise, can we expect more scarcity?
Chinese Mining Rig Manufacturer Microbt Announces Offshore ASIC Factory
27.9.2020
On Friday, China-based bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Microbt announced plans to create an offshore facility that produces the company’s Whatsminer devices and parts for North America. The firm revealed the expansion news when it announced a recent partnership with the New York-based Foundry...
Crypto hedge funds and mining regulations: Bad crypto news of the week
26.9.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast
The top crypto-mining graphics cards to get a big bang for your buck
26.9.2020
Cryptocurrency miners are back in business, but which graphics card should you choose to not be left with an empty wallet?
Cambridge University’s Third Crypto Study Records 101 Million Cryptocurrency Users Worldwide
25.9.2020
The University of Cambridge and the school’s Centre for Alternative Finance has published the third “Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study.” The 71-page in-depth study examines the current growth of the crypto industry, mining, offchain activity, crypto asset user profiling...
MicroBT Sets Up First Offshore Bitcoin Miner Factory to Expand US Market Share
25.9.2020
The new Southeast Asian facility will mean U.S. buyers won't have to pay an additional 25% tax on miner orders
Preliminary tests suggest the Nvidia RTX 3000 series may take AMD’s crown in mining
25.9.2020
The RTX 3080 is apparently twice as fast as the previous generation
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool
24.9.2020
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip). As part of the new regulations, all entities and individuals interested in legally mining bitcoin and other...
Iran Is Ripe for Bitcoin Adoption, Even as Government Clamps Down on Mining
24.9.2020
Iran is regulating bitcoin mining with an iron fist. But as U.S. sanctions and the pandemic put pressure on the economy, Iranians are seriously considering bitcoin as an alternative to the falling rial
Crypto mining activities are now regulated by the Venezuelan gov
23.9.2020
But there is always a catch when it comes to Maduro’s government