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Bitcoin Mining Firm Riot Rakes in Record $281M in Revenues in 2023, Producing 6,626 BTC
23.2.2024
Bitcoin mining firm Riot Platforms has achieved record-breaking results in 2023, with total revenues reaching an all-time high of $281 million.
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Texas Blockchain Council, Riot Platforms Sue EIA Over Sensitive Bitcoin Mining Data Order
23.2.2024
The Texas Blockchain Council and crypto miner Riot Platforms sued the US Energy Information Administration on Wednesday, accusing the agency of making unlawful data collection demands from the Bitcoin mining sector.
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Lumerin Announces New Integration With Portal DEX for Decentralized Bitcoin Mining and Cross-Chain Hashpower Trading
22.2.2024
PRESS RELEASE. CHICAGO – Feb 22, 2024 – Lumerin, a decentralized Hashpower Marketplace built on Arbitrum that has built technology to make Bitcoin hashrate a liquid asset allowing for global access to peer-to-peer, decentralized hashrate trading, today announced a new integration with...
Why Finland Could be Europe’s Next Crypto Mining Giant
22.2.2024
Finland is emerging fast as an attractive place for crypto mining due to its relatively cool climate, which helps with cooling mining rigs, and its abundant renewable energy sources.
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New Steam Hit Mixes Vampire Survivors With Mining And Guns
21.2.2024
Vampire Survivors might not be the first auto-shoot-’em-up ever made, but it has certainly become the blueprint many clones and imitators have followed since its launch in 2021. One game in that mold, Deep Rock Galactic Survival, takes that basic formula and does something different, adding mining...
Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?
21.2.2024
BitRiver to Build New 100MW Crypto Mining Center in Russia
20.2.2024
BitRiver, Russia’s biggest industrial crypto mining firm, has announced it is building a new 100MW data center in Eastern Siberia.
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Texas Electric Utility Courts Unnamed Crypto Miners With Five-Year Deals
18.2.2024
In a recent report, the community-driven, nonprofit electric provider in Texas, Denton Municipal Electric (DME), is attracting interest from several crypto mining companies seeking to establish operations. These companies are eyeing a five-year agreement for powering their mining activities....
April 2024 Bitcoin Halving Sparks Worldwide Curiosity, Data Reveals
17.2.2024
A recent study focusing on the search term “bitcoin” through Google Trends data revealed that curiosity remained subdued even as the price soared above the $50K mark. Yet, anticipation for the forthcoming reward halving has hit a 90-day peak. Slated for April 2024, this significant...
US EIA Starts Requiring Energy Consumption Data From Cryptocurrency Miners
17.2.2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistics agency of the U.S. Energy Department, has sent letters to cryptocurrency miners requiring data related to energy consumption and configuration of their mining sites. According to one of the letters posted on social media, miners have...
Bitcoin Mining Firms Terawulf and Cleanspark Ramp up Hashrates, Boost Financial Footing
16.2.2024
This week witnessed significant expansions in the bitcoin mining sector, with two leading firms unveiling substantial increases in their operational hashrate. Terawulf disclosed that its self-mining business has escalated to 7.6 exahash per second (EH/s) this month. Concurrently, Cleanspark...
Ethiopia Explores Crypto Mining with New Hong Kong Data Center Deal
16.2.2024
Ethiopia has inked a memorandum of understanding with Data Centre Service, a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s West Data, to build a $250 million data mining infrastructure project in the country. Data centres provide the facilities to host large-scale Bitcoin mining operations. The East African...
Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Among Top 25 Fastest ETFs to Reach $1 Billion in Assets + More Crypto News
16.2.2024
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In today’s crypto news: Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Among Top 25 Fastest ETFs to Reach $1 Billion in Assets KuCoin, Mocaverse, and Halo Wallet Forge Strategic Partnership...
Bitcoin Price Holds Above $52,000 As Pre-Halving Rally Intensifies
16.2.2024
Bitcoin’s recent price surge past $52,000 has sparked speculation about a pre-halving rally, a historical trend associated with the upcoming reduction in mining rewards. Analyst Jag Kooner, Head of Derivatives at Bitfinex, believes the current market movement aligns with such a rally...
Bitcoin’s Latest Difficulty Retarget Jumps 8.24%: Miners Navigate the Toughest Mining Landscape Yet
15.2.2024
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has hit an unprecedented peak, marking the most significant jump of 2024. On Thursday, at the milestone of block 830,592, the network experienced its fourth adjustment this year with a sharp 8.24% uptick. Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Skyrockets, Setting New Records...
Crypto Miner Phoenix Group Reports 50% Jump in Net Income
15.2.2024
UAE-based blockchain mining firm Phoenix Group said it has seen a 50% growth in net income and a “substantial increase” in year-on-year sales following its initial public offering (IPO) on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange. In an announcement, Phoenix Group said sales experienced a surge of...
Bitcoin ETFs Pose Long-Term Threat to Public Crypto Miners: Galaxy
15.2.2024
Spot Bitcoin ETFs present long-term competition for publicly traded cryptocurrency miners, according to a Galaxy Research report published Wednesday. Galaxy analysts said that before these ETFs were approved, public mining stocks were one of the few ways investors could gain exposure to Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Mining Company Phoenix Group Reports 50% Net Income Increase and 20% Sales Growth
14.2.2024
After its oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO), Phoenix Group, a Dubai-based company specializing in bitcoin mining and blockchain infrastructure, has announced a significant 50% increase in net income. The firm further revealed a 20% increase in its annual sales compared to the previous...
New Crypto Mining Sensation BlockDAG Coin Expected to Surge 100x to $0.05, Beats Bitcoin and Litecoin Returns
14.2.2024
Crypto mining has quickly gone from an obscure industry to an industry so big that Bitcoin (BTC) mining alone consumes over 0.6% of the United States’s electricity, not to mention other minable coins such as Litecoin (LTC). Similarly to investing in energy stocks, mining crypto pits the allure...
Bitcoin Braces for Record Difficulty Surge Ahead of Retarget as Miners Push Network to New Heights
13.2.2024
Scheduled for Feb. 15, 2024, the upcoming Bitcoin difficulty retarget is poised to mark a notable upswing in the network. Current projections forecast an estimated difficulty surge ranging from 8.45% to 9.2%, setting the record for the steepest increase of 2024 thus far. Bitcoin Difficulty Poised...