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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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)

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Crypto Miner Marathon Digital Mines Record 615 Bitcoin in October

Marathon increased its hashrate by 84% in October in setting its new monthly high.

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

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Crypto Miner Bitdeer May Extend IPO Deadline by 1 Year

Jihan Wu's cloud-mining firm may not go public till December 2023.

Bitdeer founder Jihan Wu (CoinDesk)

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Lender Generate Capital to Buy Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Compute North's Stake in 2 Bitcoin Mining Facilities

The lender is paying $5 million in cash and assuming liabilities associated with the two sites, which total 400 MW of operating capacity.

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

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Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Loses More Wall Street Bulls After Financial Woes

Two analysts downgraded their recommendations on Argo's shares.

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

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Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Buys Another Batch of Mining Machines

The company has acquired more than 26,500 rigs and 116 MW of facilities in recent months.

CleanSpark's immersion-cooled bitcoin miners at a site in Norcross, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Core Scientific Again Raises Bitcoin Mining Hosting Rates

The firm expects power costs to decline in the future, which will be reflected in its hosting rates.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

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Bitcoin Miner Sphere3D Downsizes Deal for Machines With BitFuFu

Sphere 3D is the latest bitcoin mining firm to try to cut capital expenditures amid the crypto bear market.

Brand new and used bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Binance to Launch Cloud Mining Business in November

The crypto exchange's hashrate pool is pushing into the troubled crypto mining industry.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)