Tagged: mining

September 18, 2023 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says they are currently testing Bitcoin mining. Revealed in a Tweet, the Bitcoin Mining Platform Moria, is said to “facilitate seamless communication among components within the BTC mining ecosystem, enabling interactions through efficient, secure, and resilient methods that are resistant to… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s hash rate, which is an estimated measure of “how fast the aggregate computational resources supporting the network is guessing solutions to new blocks,” has been on an upward ascent for much of the year, the NYDIG Research team noted. Although that might make sense… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Evertas has acquired Bitsure, according to a company statement. Evertas is a digital asset insurance provider. Bitsure provides insurance for crypto miners. Both companies clame to be the first of their kind in the Insurtech sector. Evertas reports that today, Bitsure policies insure about 6%… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin has always been a volatile asset making significant moves in a relatively brief period of time. Currently, Bitcoin experiencing a solid rise in price due in part to the overall market and the current banking crisis. As it stands now, BTC is trading at… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Valereum plc (AQSE: VLRM), a firm that is in the process of acquiring the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), has announced that it will sell its Bitcoin mining assets to Vinanz Ltd. in exchange for shares of the firm amount to around 24% ownership. The deal… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lake Parime, a UK-based supplier of cryptocurrency mining equipment, says it will open its first US headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida – a state that has seen migration and businesses boom as people flee high tax and less business-friendly states. Lake Parime said that it plans… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 4:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Cynthia Lummis and Representative Patrick McHenry, along with several other elected representatives, have sent a letter to Michael Regan,  the Administrator ot the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), telling the official to consider the benefits of crypto mining before considering any regulation that could impact… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York state legislature has approved a bill that would commence a moratorium on crypto mining operations. The bill was designed as an attempt to mitigate emissions caused by crypto mining which tends to be an energy-intensive process as servers compete to create and… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The state legislature of New York has approved legislation that establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work to validate blockchain transactions. The aim is to mitigate the utilization of of electricity that can drive carbon emissions. According to the language of… Read More

May 6, 2022 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges against NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) regarding allegations of inadequate disclosures concerning the impact of cryptomining on the company’s gaming business. Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, NVIDIA has agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a $5.5… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The New York State Assembly has passed legislation to ban crypto mining in the state until a review has been completed. To quote the summary: “[The legislation] Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockmetrix, a Dallas-based Bitcoin mining operation, says it has raised $25 million in debt financing to acquire crypto mining computers. The funding was provided by BankProv, a crypto-friendly commercial bank, and CrossTower. The money is said to be an upgrade from an initial $5 million… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has moved once again to take action against Russian entities as part of the growing sanctions against the rogue nation and its unprovoked war against Ukraine. In the first action of its kind,… Read More

April 9, 2022 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Compute North, which claims to be the leader in sustainable, large-scale computing infrastructure, has announced that construction is underway “to build a 300MW TIER 0™ data center next to the Wolf Hollow Generating Station in Granbury, Texas.” As covered, Compute North works with clients in… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF, TSXV: BITF), a global Bitcoin self-mining company, has entered into a $32 million equipment financing agreement, the company announced this week. “This equipment financing agreement provides another source of non-dilutive capital, enabling us to finance equipment from our established mining operations so… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 7:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, several Senate and House Democrats sent a letter to established crypto miners.  The letter queried miners on the negative impact on the climate due to high energy usage caused by mining crypto, like Bitcoin. The letter was signed by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Okcoin has reportedly become the first crypto trading platform in the world to list NYCCoin, which is the CityCoin for New York City. As explained in the update from Okcoin, the NYCCoin (NYC) is the CityCoin for New York City. The first… Read More

January 30, 2022 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kazakhstan, which is reportedly the world’s second-largest miner of Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, has closed down its digital currency mining operations until the end of this month. Kazakhstan‘s State electricity provider KEGOC decided to cut off the supply to the virtual currency miners after… Read More

December 31, 2021 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Mining, which claims to be the first and largest online marketplace for Bitcoin mining hardware and hosting, has commented on the relationship between BTC’s hashrate and the leading cryptocurrency’s issuance rate. According to mining analyst Mitch Klee, the inflation rate is “tied to hashrate… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 3:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Compute North, a company focused on economical, large-scale computing and cryptocurrency mining infrastructure, “demonstrated the value-add and positive impact of its ability to voluntarily throttle down operations at its Kearney, Nebraska data center to support the local grid during times of need.” As mentioned in… Read More