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Shiba DAO, Strategic Blockchain Gaming, Bank Loses to Bitcoin Miner + More News
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Argentinian Government Inquires About Energy Bitcoin Mining Companies Use Amidst Power Cuts
The Argentinian government is starting to inquire about the power consumption of bitcoin mining companies after some provinces in...
Bitcoin Hashrate Hits New All-Time High
Bitcoin kicked off the new year with a bang as the amount of computing power backing the network has reached its highest level eve...
Bitcoin Enters 2022: Hash Rate Hits New ATHs And BTC Has Never Been More Secure
Bitcoin entered 2022 with successful moves, and one of them has to do with the security of the network. Check out the post that An...
Bitcoin network turns 13, celebrates with new hash rate all-time high
The Bitcoin network underwent a six-month-long rally to attain a new all-time high hash rate of 207.53 exahashes per second on Sat...
Power Outages in Russia’s Irkutsk Region Blamed on Home Miners
Russians mining cryptocurrency in their homes have been blamed for the problems with the electricity supply in Irkutsk. Power outa...
0.2 Zettahash: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, Mining Difficulty Nears ATH
Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high on the first day of 2022 reaching 209.39 exahash per second (EH/s). During the last 12 m...
Why Did China Ban Bitcoin Mining? Here Are The Seven Leading Theories
One of 2021’s biggest stories was the China ban on Bitcoin mining. On one hand, the news did affect Bitcoin’s price and gave ammun...
Despite Negative Mining Malware Press, Privacy-Focused Crypto Monero Jumps 36% in 2 Weeks
The privacy-centric crypto asset monero has seen significant gains during the last two weeks, jumping 36% in value against the U.S...
Malaysia Seizes 1,720 Bitcoin Mining Machines in Electricity Theft Crackdown
Police in Malaysia have shut down a bitcoin mining operation and seized 1,720 bitcoin mining machines in a major electricity theft...
Kazakhstan Mulls Nuclear Power to Deal With Electricity Shortages Blamed on Crypto Miners
The government in Kazakhstan is considering building a nuclear power plant to overcome an electricity deficit allegedly caused by...
Iran Allows Renewable Power Plants to Supply Crypto Miners With Electricity
Authorities in Iran have decided to permit power generation plants using renewable sources to sell electricity to licensed cryptoc...
Bitcoin Miners Could Go Nuclear in Kazakhstan as Gov’t Plans New Power Plant
The government of Kazakhstan is debating a plan to build a nuclear power plant that could help the country to strengthen its Bitco...
Marathon Bought 78,000 Bitcoin Miners For $879 Million
The mining company expects to have 199,000 active machines outputting 23 EH/s by early 2023.Marathon Digital Holdings, a publicly-...
John Warren’s GEM Mining Reaches Bitcoin Hashrate Of 1.25 EH/s
The former SC Gov. candidate’s miner now boasts nearly 1% of the entire Bitcoin network hash rate.GEM Mining, the bitcoin mining c...
Robinhood's Crypto Beta, FTX Challenge, Bitcoin Miners Bet Big, BTC ETF Inflows + More News
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Power Deficit Forces Crypto Miners to Leave Kazakhstan
Electricity shortages have been dogging Kazakhstan’s booming crypto mining industry this year. A media report reveals that some mi...
Thailand’s Crypto Mining Industry Grows after China’s Ban
The crypto mining industry is reportedly booming in Thailand after China imposed a ban on the mining of digital assets like Bitcoi...