Eliza Gkritsi

Eliza Gkritsi is a CoinDesk contributor focused on the intersection of crypto and AI, having previously covered mining for two years. She previously worked at TechNode in Shanghai and has graduated from the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the University of York. She owns 25 WLD. She tweets as @egreechee.

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Finance

Crypto Miner CleanSpark Extends Bear-Market Strategy, Buying 20K of Bitmain's Newest Rigs

The Bitmain Antminer S19j Pro+ machines will increase CleanSpark's computing power by 37%.

Work is underway for CleanSpark's expansion in Washington, Georgia. (CleanSpark)

Tech

Startup Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Completes First Transaction of Clean Mining Tokens

Miner CleanSpark sold clean bitcoin tokens to alternative investment firm Melanion Capital.

El bear market afectó los precios de minería de bitcoin. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Tech

Bitcoin Hashrate Hits 300 EH/s Mark as Industry Gets Some Breathing Room

It took only about a year for the bitcoin mining hashrate to gain the last 100 EH/s.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner BitNile Pulls 6,500 Rigs From Former Compute North Site

The company signed a hosting deal in August with now-bankrupt Compute North for a site that is now managed by USBTC.

Compass' Wolf Hollow site in Granbury, Texas (Compute North)

Finance

Bitcoin Miners Surface for Air as Sliding Natural Gas Price Provides Cost Relief

Energy producers finally have incentives to work with bitcoin miners.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi Takes Two-Thirds Loss to Settle Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms' Debt

The miner had recently warned it might stop paying off the debt to bankrupt BlockFi.

A bitfarms mining site in Washington. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain's CEO Resigns

The mining firm had to sell its biggest facility to stave off bankruptcy.

Argo Blockchain's Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas. (Argo Blockchain)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Digihost Completes Controversial Power Plant Acquisition, Doubling Energy Capacity

Environmental groups oppose the transaction on the grounds that it impedes New York's greenhouse gas emissions goals.

The Digihost power plant in North Tonawanda, New York. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Policy

Kazakhstan's President Signs Legislation to Limit Energy Usage of Crypto Mining

The new law also calls for government-approved mining pools.

Binance is on track to being able to operate in Kazakhstan. (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

Finance

Cloud Mining Firm BitFuFu to Delay SPAC IPO as Appetite for Crypto Stocks Languishes

The company has now set a deadline of May to complete its listing.

An Antminer bitcoin mining machine. (Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images)