Cloud Mining

Asus Allows Gamers to Mine Crypto With Their Idle Graphics Cards

Taiwan-based tech giant Asus is now letting gamers use their graphics cards to earn a share of profits from cryptocurrency mining.

Markets  ·  30 November 2018

Genesis Mining to End Unprofitable Crypto Contracts

Cloud mining service Genesis Mining is forcing some clients to upgrade to a five-year subscription or else lose services, it announced Thursday. 

Business  ·  16 August 2018
Regulation

Cloud Mining Contracts Are Securities, Says Philippines SEC

The Philippines securities watchdog has warned that it will regulate cryptocurrency cloud mining contracts under existing securities rules.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 April 2018
Japan

GMO Internet Eyes August Launch for Crypto Cloud Mining

August is when GMO Internet says it could formally kick off its cloud mining service.

Business  ·  12 February 2018
Bitcoin Mining

ViaBTC Increases Cloud Mining Fee Citing China’s Mining Resource Scarcity

China's crypto mining pool ViaBTC increases its maintenance fee ratio for AntMiner S9 cloud mining contract, citing mining resource scarcity in China.

Business  ·  16 January 2018
Bitcoin

Genesis Mining Leaves New York Following BitLicense Deadline

Genesis Mining is the latest company to announce its departure from New York, following the formal introduction of the state’s BitLicense. In a blog post released yesterday, the cloud mining firm – which claims to serve over 50,000 customers – said it had no choice but to block anyone with a New York IP address from using […]

Policy & regulation  ·  13 August 2015
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cloud Mining Service Collapse Exposes Customer Data

A bitcoin mining service called Cloudminr.io has collapsed, resulting in the loss of bitcoins and the broadcasting of personal user information.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 July 2015
Bitcoin

HashRabbit Raises $500k for its Bitcoin Mining Software Solution

HashRabbit, which supplies enterprise-focused software to facilitate the management and security of bitcoin miners, has raised $500,000.

Business  ·  4 February 2015
Bitcoin

Spondoolies-Tech and Genesis Team Up for Cloud Mining Service

Mining hardware provider Spondoolies-Tech and cloud hashing service Genesis Mining are teaming up on a new bitcoin project.

Tech  ·  2 February 2015
Bitcoin

BitFury Exploring Options in Bitcoin Cloud Mining Market

BitFury elaborates on its plans to begin offering the cloud mining solution it hinted at during the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami.

Tech  ·  28 January 2015
Bitcoin

Cloud Mining Suffers as Hash Rate Plateaus

The latest bitcoin price crash has started a new debate on the long-term viability of many aspects of the mining industry.

Tech  ·  25 January 2015
Bitcoin

BitFury Announces Hosted Mining Services for Business Customers

One of bitcoin's biggest mining infrastructure providers, BitFury, has launched a new hosted mining service for business customers.

Business  ·  31 July 2014
Bitcoin

CoinDesk Mining Roundup: Dividend Coins, Viper Updates and a CloudHashing Giveaway

Vault of Satoshi has announced a new cloud mining feature while Alpha Technology and Bitmain have released ASIC updates.

Tech  ·  27 June 2014
Amazon

Amazon Awarded Bitcoin-Related Cloud Computing Patent

The patent envisions bitcoin's potential use in cloud computing services on Amazon Web Services.

Tech  ·  29 May 2014
Bitcoin

Canada’s Vault of Satoshi to Test Cloud Mining Market

Bitcoin exchange Vault of Satoshi has announced the launch of a beta test for a planned cloud mining service.

Business  ·  13 May 2014