Bitcoin Miner Riot Acquires 31,500 ‘Next Generation’ M60S Mining Machines Worth $97.4 Million
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc. said it expects to take delivery as well as deploy 31,500 Whatsminer M60S miners worth...
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Hut 8 Unveils BTC-Funded 62 MW Texas Facility for Mining Efficiency Boost
On Tuesday, the publicly-listed bitcoin mining company Hut 8 revealed it has initiated construction of its new mining facility in...
Potential Reprieve for Bitcoin Miners With Upcoming Difficulty Adjustment Following Record Hike
Bitcoin miners are set for a potential reprieve in three days, with the difficulty anticipated to decrease on Feb. 29....
Riot Platforms Highlights Risks Associated With Upcoming Bitcoin Halving Event in Annual Report
In its latest annual report, Riot Platforms, the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm, outlines several significant risks that could impact its...
Legal Action Forces US Energy Department to Suspend Crypto Mining Investigation
Following legal action initiated by Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the...
Bitcoin Miners Face Adapt or Perish Scenario as Halving Approaches in Under 60 Days
Data indicates that we’re 96% through the journey to the next Bitcoin halving event, with under two months remaining until...
US EIA Starts Requiring Energy Consumption Data From Cryptocurrency Miners
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistics agency of the U.S. Energy Department, has sent letters to cryptocurrency miners...
Bitcoin’s Latest Difficulty Retarget Jumps 8.24%: Miners Navigate the Toughest Mining Landscape Yet
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has hit an unprecedented peak, marking the most significant jump of 2024. On Thursday, at the milestone...
Bitcoin Mining Company Phoenix Group Reports 50% Net Income Increase and 20% Sales Growth
After its oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO), Phoenix Group, a Dubai-based company specializing in bitcoin mining and blockchain infrastructure, has...
Bitcoin Braces for Record Difficulty Surge Ahead of Retarget as Miners Push Network to New Heights
Scheduled for Feb. 15, 2024, the upcoming Bitcoin difficulty retarget is poised to mark a notable upswing in the network....
Ethiopia’s Affordable Hydropower and Adoption of Crypto Mining Attracts Chinese Bitcoin Miners
The Ethiopian state electricity company has reportedly signed power supply agreements with 21 mainly Chinese bitcoin miners. The African country’s...
18 Profitable ASIC Devices and the Dominance of Three Major Manufacturers Revealed – Mining Bitcoin News
According to statistics from mid-May 2023, 18 different application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining devices are profitable using today’s bitcoin...
Large Immersion Cooled Crypto Mining Farms to Extract Bitcoin in Middle East Desert – Mining Bitcoin News
A project to build two large-scale facilities for cryptocurrency mining is underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The high-tech...
Iran Shuts Down Over 8,000 Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in 3 Years – Mining Bitcoin News
Authorities in Iran have closed down more than 8,000 underground facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past three years, local...
Russia May Take Up 18% of Bitcoin Hashrate in Next Big Migration of Crypto Miners, Experts Say – Mining Bitcoin News
Increasing regulatory pressures, tax burden and energy costs in countries like the U.S. and Kazakhstan are likely to result in...
Crypto Miners Pay Kazakhstan $7 Million in Taxes Amid Uncertain Future for Sector – Mining Bitcoin News
The government of Kazakhstan has collected over $7 million in taxes this and last year from enterprises mining cryptocurrency in...
Stronghold Digital Partners With Canaan Subsidiary to Boost Bitcoin Mining Capacity by 400 PH/s – Mining Bitcoin News
Stronghold Digital, a leading Bitcoin mining firm, announced the company has entered into a two-year hosting agreement with Cantaloupe Digital...
Bitcoin Miners Breathe a Sigh of Relief as Difficulty Drops 1.45% After Five Consecutive Increases – Mining Bitcoin News
Bitcoin’s network has been putting miners through the wringer lately, with five straight difficulty increases that had them on edge....
White House Pushes DAME Tax Proposal to Address Alleged Environmental Costs of Crypto Mining – Mining Bitcoin News
On May 2, 2023, the Biden administration unveiled a blog post outlining the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) tax, featured...
Bitcoin Hashrate Reaches All-Time High of 491 EH/s, Close to Half a Zettahash, as Network Preps for Next Difficulty Change – Mining Bitcoin News
While the next difficulty change for Bitcoin is just two days away, the network’s hashrate soared to unprecedented heights, reaching...
Bitcoin Difficulty Estimated to Drop After 5 Back-to-Back Increases – Mining Bitcoin News
Bitcoin’s imminent difficulty change appears to be heading towards a possible decrease, marking the first time in over 73 days,...
Terawulf Energizes 50 MW at Nuclear-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility Nautilus – Mining Bitcoin News
Bitcoin mining company Terawulf has announced the full deployment of its 50-megawatt (MW) stake in the nuclear-powered Nautilus Cryptomine facility....
