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

Europe’s Last Bitcoin Mining Refuge Is No Longer Viable

Miners moved to northern Norway and Sweden to avoid high energy costs. Now, power prices are surging there, too.

Retired Bitmain ASICs at Kryptovault's facility in Norway. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Policy

British Columbia Imposes 18-Month Moratorium on New Crypto Mining Operations

This is the third Canadian province to limit the industry's growth as it looks to preserve capacity for communities.

Vancouver, British Columbia (Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash, edited by CoinDesk)

Finance

Inside Core Scientific’s Prearranged Bankruptcy

The world’s biggest publicly traded bitcoin miner filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday. Here’s more details on what that means.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy, Expects Support From Some Debt Holders

The publicly traded miner expects support from some of the holders of its convertible notes in a restructuring deal.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Reaches Debt Restructuring Deal With NYDIG as Bankruptcy Looms

Under the deal for restructuring $74.7 million worth of debt, Greenidge will host NYDIG's new machines.

The Greenidge Generation facility in Dresden, New York. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Kazakhstan Tightens Regulation for Miners, Looks to Develop Broader Crypto Industry

Kazakhstan, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining hubs, is working on new legislation for the industry.

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

Tech

Crypto Exchange Gemini Back Online After Being Down for Over Seven Hours

The crypto exchange had paused withdrawals for its yield product recently.

Tyler Winklevoss y Cameron Winklevoss, cofundadores de Gemini. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Trading Firm Amber Group Raises $300M Series C After FTX Contagion

The collapse of FTX had impacted some of the trading firm's products and customers, increasing the need to quickly raise additional capital.

Amber Group-1.jpg

Policy

Top FTX Group Executive Tipped Off Bahamas Authorities About Commingling of Funds in November

Former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has said he didn't know of any comingling of funds between his companies.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bitcoin Miners’ High Hopes for Latin America Dented by Paraguay

The industry’s potential in the region was touted at a conference in Cancun, Mexico, last month, but a crypto mining-friendly bill in Paraguay was shot down last week.

Palacio legislativo de Paraguay. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)