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

Hut 8 Has Added 5,800 Mining Rigs at Its Ontario Site

The company said it will hold all the bitcoin it mines, as other crypto miners sell their coins.

A Hut 8 mining site (Hut 8)

Tech

Bitmain to Start Selling New Ethereum Mining Rig Model Wednesday

Despite the Merge edging closer, Bitmain is releasing an Ethereum ASIC.

A Bitmain Antminer s9 board in a bitcoin mine in Norway. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

TeraWulf Adds $50M in Debt to Build Data Center Infrastructure

The miner aims to seize opportunities created by the market slump.

(Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finance

Software Firm Meitu Lost Up to $52.3M in H1 Due to Slide in Crypto Prices

The app developer had bought 940.89 BTC and 31,000 ETH in spring of 2021.

Hong Kong skyline (Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Finance

Good Time to Buy Crypto Mining Stocks, Says DA Davidson as It Slashes Hashrate Forecasts

There's now major upside to crypto mining stocks, even with significantly lowered earnings and hashrate projections.

Crypto mining stocks have lost roughly half of their value in the past month. (Sandali Handagama for CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Miners Face Margin Calls, Defaults as Debt Comes Due in Bear Market

Private and publicly listed crypto miners owe up to $4 billion in debt used to finance the construction of gargantuan facilities across North America, according to industry participants and data compiled by CoinDesk.

Crypto miners face margin calls, defaults as debt comes due in bear market. (Andrew Khoroshavin/Pixabay)

Policy

Singapore Central Bank Censures Three Arrows Capital for Alleged Misleading and False Disclosures

The crypto hedge fund also exceeded the threshold of assets it could manage in Singapore, according to the central bank.

An official at Singapore's central bank said it won't tolerate bad behavior in the crypto industry. (Peter Nguyen/Unsplash)

Finance

Blockchain Analytics Firm Kaiko Raises $53M Series B Led by Eight Roads Amid Bear Market

The investment will enable Kaiko to further strengthen its institutional data products and infrastructure, it said.

Paris, France (allewollenalex/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitget Plans to Double Workforce as Peers Cut Back in Bear Market

In contrast with exchanges Coinbase and Gemini, the derivatives platform plans to increase its staff.

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Finance

Bit Digital Production Slump Continued Into Q1, Strikes Deals With Coinmint, Riot to Increase Hashrate

The bitcoin miner has struggled to recover its hashrate since moving its operations out of China.

Blockfusion's mining facility in Niagara Falls, New York, that hosts Bit Digital's mining rigs. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)