Trump Campaign Crypto Aide Announces Presidential Roundtable on Domestic Bitcoin Mining
David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Magazine and Trump campaign cryptocurrency aide, has announced that Former President Donald Trump will participate...
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Bitcoin Miner Bitdeer Expands With Acquisition of ASIC Designer Desiweminer
Bitdeer Technologies Group announced its acquisition of Desiweminer, a noted player in the crypto ASIC design landscape. The agreement, finalized...
Paraguayan Authorities Shut Down 2,700 Miners in Largest Anti-Illegal Bitcoin Mining Intervention to Date
Paraguayan authorities detected and shut down an illegal bitcoin mining farm that had over 2,700 miners connected directly to the...
3 Bitcoin Mining Pools Wield 69% of Total Hashrate Discovering 301 Blocks in 72 Hours
Figures reveal that over the preceding 72 hours, three bitcoin mining pools discovered more than 69% of the 436 blocks...
Bitcoin Mining Power Wanes — Network Hashrate Drops Below 600 EH/s
Bitcoin’s hashrate has once again dipped below the 600 exahash per second (EH/s) threshold, following a brief increase in computational...
Bitmain Launches Antminer L9 With Enhanced 16 GH/s Capacity for Scrypt-Based Coins
Bitmain has announced the release of the Antminer L9, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miner tailored for coins that use...
Bitcoin Miners See 46.15% Revenue Drop in May, Lowest Since October 2023
After two consecutive months of record-breaking revenue, bitcoin miners experienced a significant downturn in earnings in May, a level not...
Bitdeer Announces $100 Million Investment From Tether
On Friday, the publicly listed mining company Bitdeer Technologies Group revealed that the leading stablecoin firm Tether has purchased $100...
Paraguay Cracks Down on Illegal Bitcoin Mining: Over 550 Miners Seized
Paraguayan authorities have intensified their efforts to fight illegal bitcoin mining, using innovative techniques including artificial intelligence (AI) and its...
Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Record High, Surpasses Pre-Halving Levels
Bitcoin’s hashrate has rebounded to the historic highs seen just before the fourth reward halving event. According to the seven-day...
Riot Proposes Acquisition of Bitfarms to ‘Create the World’s Largest Publicly Listed Bitcoin Miner’
Riot Platforms has announced a proposal to acquire Bitfarms to create “the world’s largest publicly listed bitcoin miner.” This offer...
Marathon Digital Inks Renewable Energy Deal With Kenya; Crypto Miner to Invest $80M
Marathon Digital Holdings and the Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum recently signed an agreement which sees the crypto mining...
Venezuelan Authorities Seize Over 6,000 Bitcoin Miners in 2 New Operations; Over 17,000 Confiscated In Total
Venezuelan authorities led by the National Power Ministry and Corpoelec, the state-owned power company, have seized over 6,000 bitcoin miners...
Shifting Sands of Bitcoin Mining: How Hydro-Cooling Tech is Leading the Charge Post-Halving
Now that the halving has occurred and fees are at a six-month low, the profitability of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)...
Northern Data’s Peak Mining Acquires Second 300-Megawatt Site in Texas
According to Peak Mining, a subsidiary of the German bitcoin mining and infrastructure firm Northern Data, the company has announced...
Bitcoin Difficulty Rises 1.48% Reaching 84.38 Trillion at Block 844,704
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased by 1.48% at block height 844,704, reaching 84.38 trillion. This adjustment aligns with Bitcoin’s overall hashrate...
Bitcoin Miners Face Significantly Reduced Earnings in May Despite Bitcoin Price Rise
According to the seven-day simple moving average (SMA) statistics regarding Bitcoin’s hashrate, the network hashrate has stayed below the 600...
Venezuelan Authorities Announce Bitcoin Mining Ban, Confiscate Over 11,000 Miners to Face the Nation’s Energy Crisis
The Venezuelan National Power Ministry announced a special operation to disconnect all bitcoin mining farms from the grid. Authorities have...
Mining Rig Producer Canaan’s Q1 Unrealized Gains Narrow Net Loss to $39.4 Million
In the first quarter of 2024, Canaan Inc. generated $35.1 in revenues versus the $72.4 million in costs incurred in...
Crypto Mining Surge and Erratic Weather Strain Laos’ Power Grid
A report released on May 16 highlights how increased electricity consumption due to crypto mining and inconsistent rainfall have led...
El Salvador Reportedly Mined Nearly 474 BTC Using Geothermal Energy
El Salvador, the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, has reportedly added 473.5 BTC to its treasury using...
Report: Russian Authorities Propose Steep Fines for Crypto Miners Operating in Residential Apartments
Russian authorities have reportedly proposed to impose hefty fines on suspected crypto miners operating from residential properties. Authorities may also...
