Tagged: btc mining

December 6, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlocksBridge Consulting, the consulting and advisory firm for institutions in the bitcoin mining industry, launched TheMinerMag, a data and research resource “for journalists, analysts, industry executives and anyone interested in coherent and decisive information on Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining companies.” Additionally, BlocksBridge announced “the appointment of… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cipher Mining, Inc. (Nasdaq: CIFR), a U.S.-based bitcoin mining company, recently announced it has commenced bitcoin mining operations at its Odessa data center in Texas. Tyler Page, CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce that our Odessa data center has begun bitcoin mining operations just… Read More

April 26, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Mining , which claims to be the first and largest online marketplace for Bitcoin mining hardware, hosting, and reselling, recently revealed the release of their Home Mining Guide, which “details information on set up, maintenance, repair, and research for home bitcoin mining.” As it exists, there are many “knowledge… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s energy usage and its “indirect” environmental impact have been a topic of heated discussions, from “humble” beginnings in early forum posts of Satoshi Nakamoto (the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin), to its eventual culmination as the topic of an entire committee hearing in the US… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Compass Mining writes in a blog post that it is noticeable that in every crypto bull market, there seems to be “a lot of new entrants.” As noted by Compass Mining, a frenzy takes place and people get really excited when they… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitOoda, an international digital asset financial technology & services platform offering risk management solutions, best-execution brokerage & expert market analysis, notes that Bitcoin declined 3.3% week-on-week, settling at around $48,830 as of midnight UTC on December 15, but has now dropped further to about $46,300 at… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN), a provider of supercomputing solutions, has confirmed the successful delivery of more than 2,000 Avalon Miner units in Kazakhstan, “marking the commencement of joint mining operations by Canaan’s overseas-registered operating entity,” according to an update shared with CI. As mentioned in the announcement, more… Read More

October 15, 2021 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Mining, which claims to be the first and largest online marketplace for Bitcoin mining hardware and hosting, announced the launch of its effort to make BTC mining accessible to all — Compass Payment Plan. This new program allows customers to “purchase Bitcoin mining equipment… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 7:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) difficulty, a parameter that virtual currencies use to keep the average time between blocks fairly steady as the blockchain network’s hash power changes (where a relatively high difficulty may help with securing the blockchain against attacks), increased for the fifth straight  time –… Read More

September 13, 2021 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a crypto wallet provider, digital asset exchange, and block explorer service, notes in a recent crypto market report that longtime Bitcoin (BTC) investors have “historically been able to count on two core price dynamics.” As mentioned in a blog post by Blockchain.com, Bitcoin’s price… Read More

August 17, 2021 @ 10:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The researchers at BitOoda have noted in a recent update that this past Friday’s Bitcoin (BTC) network difficulty reset “took the target Hashrate (or amount of computing power securing the network) to 111 EH/s, up ~7% over the prior epoch.” BitOoda, a global digital asset… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Hedera Hashgraph has shared an update on their plans to go Carbon negative. The Hedera Hashgraph team notes that public blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have “ushered in a new era of the web.” We now have the infrastructure required to… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 12:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology & services platform providing next-gen risk management solutions, best-execution brokerage & expert market analysis, has released their Weekly Hash Report, dated July, 19 2021. As noted in the report from BitOoda, hashrate or the amount of… Read More

June 30, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s Bitcoin mining ban has been moving forward in an aggressive manner, which has led to a rapid decline in hashrate or the amount of computing power required to secure the BTC network. The team at BitOoda notes in a blog post, dated June 29,… Read More

June 12, 2021 @ 9:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zack Voell, a cryptocurrency mining specialist, writes in a blog post published by Compass that Iran has banned Bitcoin mining for four months in the country’s most recent “legal pivot” away from the “begrudged but enduring segment of miners” operating in the country. Voell points… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), an established high-performance computing solutions provider, revealed on Monday (June 7, 2021) that it has launched its first international after-sales service center, based in Kazakhstan. According to a release shared with CI, the new Service Center will offer Canaan‘s domestic clients… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform offering risk management solutions, “best-execution” brokerage and market analysis, notes that based on questions they’ve been getting from their clients and partners, they’re now sharing their latest analysis of “potential scenarios” resulting… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm OKEx, which claims to be the world’s largest spot and futures trading platform for cryptos, has clarified that China has not actually banned or attempted to ban Bitcoin (BTC) again. While sharing what they know, the OKEx team noted in a blog… Read More

May 26, 2021 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nate Maddrey and the Coin Metrics research team notes that during the past two weeks, crypto was hit by a “double tsunami” of seemingly negative news. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would no longer be taking Bitcoin payments while adding… Read More

May 25, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Saylor, Founder at CEO at MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), a business intelligence firm that has invested heavily in Bitcoin (BTC) in order to strengthen its corporate treasury, has revealed that he recently hosted a meeting between Telsa and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the leading… Read More