Cryptocurrency Mining

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Rises, Extending Recovery After China Crackdown

The Bitcoin blockchain's mining difficulty increased by 13%, but industry experts say operators are still looking at fat profits ahead.

Markets  ·  25 August 2021

Cryptocurrency Market Will More Than Triple by 2030: Study

The report by Allied Market Research projects a compound annual growth rate of 12.8% from 2021 to 2030.

News  ·  25 August 2021
AntMiner

Gryphon Digital Mining to Buy 7.2K S19J Pro Antminers From Bitmain for $48M

Bitmain is scheduled to deliver 600 miners on a monthly basis, with the first delivery starting next month.

News  ·  8 July 2021
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Declines Into the Weekend, as Volatile Month Continues

The technical charts suggest further downside is likely as sellers react to extreme overbought conditions since March.

Markets  ·  25 June 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Bull Market ‘May Have Come to an End,’ Says MRB Partners

Some analysts expect limited upside in bitcoin despite the possibility of a brief bounce.

Markets  ·  3 June 2021
Acquisitions

Listed Canadian Firm Hello Pal Buys Dogecoin, Litecoin Mining Startup for $3.5M

The company says it's the first listed company to have a dogecoin mining arm.

Business  ·  27 May 2021
Cryptocurrency Mining

Kentucky Governor Signs Tax Breaks for Crypto Miners Into Law

The commonwealth wants to become a hub for energy-heavy businesses like crypto mining.

News  ·  26 March 2021
Nvidia

AMD, Unlike Nvidia, Won’t Try to Block Crypto Miners From Using Its Chips: Report

AMD may not have had much of a choice because its drivers are all open source.

News  ·  21 March 2021
Cryptocurrency

SBI Crypto Opens Mining Pool Services to the Masses

SBI Crypto has opened its mining pool service for both institutions and individuals.

News  ·  19 March 2021
Bitcoin Mining

Miner Selling Pressure Declines, Could Fuel Bitcoin Rally, Blockchain Analysis Shows

Miner outflows have slowed since January. The last time this happened, bitcoin went parabolic.

Markets  ·  12 March 2021
CoinFlash

NVIDIA Lawyers Dismiss Investors’ Crypto Mining Doc Requests: Report

Investors accuse NVIDIA of bungling the chipmaker's response to 2017's mining hardware boom.

News  ·  18 September 2020
CoinFlash

Marathon Boosting Bitcoin Mining Game With 1,360 More Rigs Arriving in August

The publicly traded firm has bought hundreds of rigs from mining hardware rivals MicroBT and Bitmain.

News  ·  29 July 2020
Nvidia

Nvidia Disguised $1B in ‘Fickle’ Crypto Mining Sales as Gaming Revenue, Lawsuit Claims

An amended lawsuit accuses the chip maker of concealing $1 billion in graphics processing unit sales to crypto miners to downplay risk to long-term profits.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 May 2020
Ethereum Mining

Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They’re Working on Coronavirus Research

The largest U.S. Ethereum miner is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a drug for the coronavirus.

Tech  ·  19 March 2020
Russia

A Russian Nuclear Plant Is Renting Space to Energy-Hungry Bitcoin Miners

A state-owned nuclear power plant in Russia may soon fuel a bitcoin mining hub.

Business  ·  8 January 2020