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

Bitcoin Mining Firm TeraWulf Raised $17M of Capital in Q3, But Cash Reserves Remain Low

The mining firm has a liquidity position of $4.5 million and outstanding loan principal of $138.5 million.

Rig de minería cripto. (South_agency/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Pays Down $27M of Debt

The miner is trying to improve its liquidity during the crypto market downturn.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Cathedra Slashes Payroll Costs by Two-Thirds With Job, Salary Cuts

The Canadian company has also been liquidating bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ex-Ethereum Miners Token Hop to Stay Alive After the Merge

Following the Ethereum Merge, only 20% of miners have switched to other proof-of-work networks.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Misses Q3 Revenue Estimates, Lowers Hashrate Outlook for 2022

The miner is targeting 9 EH/s for the end of the year, but continues to guide to 23 EH/s by the middle of 2023.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel, at the Bitcoin conference in Miami (CoinDesk)

Policy

US Midterm Elections to Set the Tone for Bitcoin Miners' Future

The midterm elections are key to determining the industry’s future, which is increasingly under attack by environmental advocates.

The White House South Lawn, Washington DC, America (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Major Riot Blockchain Misses Analyst Estimates for Q3 Earnings

Riot said its revenues declined as it powered down its Texas operations amid surging electricity demand.

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Faces Default Claim on $103M of Equipment Loans

The company has said it will default on the debt Tuesday unless it can reach a restructuring agreement with its lender.

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

Layer 2

In the Colombian Andes, Figuring Out How Crypto Can Save the Climate

Earnest eco-crypto nerds at a three-day retreat attempted to resolve interoperability among crypto-climate projects.

A hummingbird nesting in the main room for the crypto eco retreat at Tierra de Agua in Cocorna, Colombia. (Milton Giraldo, edited by CoinDesk)

Finance

RETRACTION: Compute North Did Not Pay Execs $3M on the Day It Declared Bankruptcy

The filing states the money was paid over the course of the year ended Sept. 22, not that day as CoinDesk reported earlier based on a mistaken reading of the document.

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