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Argo Blockchain receives $20M Bitcoin-backed loan from Galaxy Digital for Texas mining facility
29.6.2021
The U.K.-based mining firm's announcement comes amid the country's Financial Conduct Authority cracking down on crypto exchanges
Square Takes a Swipe at the Bitcoin Energy Debate With $5 Million Solar Mining Investment
6.6.2021
As the conversation about Bitcoin’s energy consumption reaches a fever pitch, Jack Dorsey’s payment provider Square has unveiled plans to fund a sustainable bitcoin mining facility in conjunction with Blockstream. Mining Project to Serve as Scalable Proof of Concept Bitcoin faces...
Jack Dorsey’s Square Inc. to invest $5M in Blockstream Bitcoin mining facility
5.6.2021
Blockstream is a leading blockchain development company founded by Adam Back in 2014
UK Police Raid Alleged Cannabis Farm, Finds Bitcoin Mining Facility Stealing Power
31.5.2021
Police from the UK executed a raid in an industrial unit in the West Midlands county expecting to find a cannabis farm, but instead found a big bitcoin mining facility, that was coincidentally bypassing the controls from the local power utility company to siphon energy from the main grid, stealing...
Chinese Firm Invests $25 Million in ‘Cryptocurrency Mining Data Center’ in Texas
21.5.2021
On Wednesday, the firm Bit Mining Limited, formerly known as 500.com, announced it has entered into a binding investment in a cryptocurrency mining data center located in Texas. The binding investment worth $25 million is with Dory Creek, LLC as the two companies will construct and operate a 57.2...
2 Cents per Kilowatt Hour: Bitfarms to Launch a 210 MW Bitcoin Mining Operation in Argentina
21.4.2021
The Canadian publicly traded bitcoin mining company Bitfarms has announced a deal that will see the company developing a 210 megawatt (MW) mining farm in Argentina. Bitfarms says that the company was able to secure a low electricity rate at $0.02 per kWh during the contractual period....
Chinese investors reboot Iranian Bitcoin mining facility
15.4.2021
A Chinese-Iranian Bitcoin mining facility is set to resume operations after being forced to shut down earlier in the year
Video Cards, Crypto Mining Facility Demand Soars in Russia
11.3.2021
The demand for video cards and ready-made bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin crypto mining centers is rising astronomically in Russia as more people in the nation flock to the fast-expanding sector.
Per a report from the media outlet Gazeta, data from the Russian e-commerce platform Avito revealed that last...
Argo Blockchain Plans New Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas
10.2.2021
Argo said the new Texas facility will have access to up to 800 megawatts of cheap, renewable energy
Organizations File Lawsuit Against New York Town to Prevent Bitcoin Mining Facility Expansion
25.12.2020
Organizations led by an environmental organization filed a lawsuit against the U.S. town Torrey in New York for giving the green light to expand a bitcoin mining facility at the Greenidge Generation power plant. Environmental Organization Leads Lawsuit Against New York Town for Approving Plan...
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Agrees to Deal That Cuts Electricity Costs by 38% With US Power Company
15.10.2020
Nasdaq-listed Marathon Patent Group has agreed to a joint venture deal with U.S. independent power producer Beowulf Energy to deliver cheap electricity for its bitcoin mining operations in the country’s north. In a statement on Tuesday, Marathon said that it will co-locate a bitcoin mining...
Bitcoin Mining Facility With Room for 50,000 Rigs Set to Launch in Kazakhstan
21.8.2020
The 180 megawatt facility that will be able to host 50,000 bitcoin mining rigs is set to launch sometime in early September
Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions
5.5.2020
Iran has issued a bitcoin mining license to Iminer, a Turkish-based company. Iminer will operate up to 6,000 rigs, with a computing power of 96,000 terahash per second (TH/s) in total. According to media reports, the miner has spent $7.3 million setting up the mining facility, located...
HIVE Blockchain Acquires Bitcoin Mining Facility for $2.8M
30.3.2020
HIVE will start to provide support for Bitcoin mining with the acquisition of a facility in Quebec
Bitmain Aims to Build a 300MW Texas Mining Farm
23.10.2019
The Beijing-based Bitmain Technologies and DMG Blockchain Solutions announced the launch of a 25MW mining facility in Rockdale, Texas. The new mine aims to bolster Bitmain’s international expansion which will soon expand to 50MW of processing power and then extend the operation’s...
Bitmain Launches ‘World’s Largest’ Crypto Mining Facility in Texas
21.10.2019
Major crypto mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain has launched the purportedly largest facility for Bitcoin mining in the world, in Rockdale, Texas
Iranians Defy Warning and Share Pictures of Bitcoin Mining in Mosque
27.6.2019
On Tuesday, the Iranian energy grid corporation Tavanir warned illegal bitcoin mining operations that they would be cut off from their supply. Following the announcement, pictures of a mining facility set up in a mosque went viral on social media. Also Read: Iranian Energy Grid Blames...