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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Policy

Singapore Grants In-Principle Licenses to Crypto.com, Two Others

The firms will be able to offer services to Singapore-based customers if granted full licenses.

Singapore skyline (Unsplash)

Finance

Iris Energy Raises 2022 Hashrate Estimate to 4.3 EH/s

The construction of the bitcoin miner's Texas site may be delayed as the firm removed completion estimate.

Bitcoin mining ASICs submerged in immersion cooling liquid at a facility in South Spain. (Eliza Gkritsi)

Finance

Miner Bitfarms Sold Almost Half Its Bitcoin to Reduce Debt

The miner sold 3,000 BTC in the past week to improve liquidity and reduce indebtedness.

A Bitfarms employee inspecting miners at Cowansville, Quebec, Canada. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Finance

Russia's Gazpromneft and BitRiver Partner to Develop Crypto Mining Operations

The oil-producing subsidiary of state-owned natural gas giant Gazprom will provide energy to data centers set up by BitRiver.

Hydroelectric power station in Bratsk, Russia. (BitRiver)

Finance

San Diego-Based Edge Unveils Privacy-Focused Crypto Card

The card doesn't require users to input any personally identifiable information to set up or use it.

(MoMo Productions/Getty images)

Tech

Argo Blockchain to Build Intel-Based Bitcoin Mining Rigs With ePIC Blockchain

The partnership is an extension of a 2021 deal in which Argo agreed to buy $8 million worth of ePIC's miners.

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

Tech

Inside the Environmentalist Campaign to Change Bitcoin’s Code

Campaigners explain why they’re convinced all it takes is support from a few powerful firms and people to change the fundamentals of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining can soak up renewable energy that is hard to transmit or consume locally, giving a leg up to energy producers. (Yunha)

Policy

Environmentalists Target Greenidge as They Turn Up Pressure on NY Governor to Sign Mining Moratorium Bill

A moratorium on new PoW mining projects that use behind-the-meter fossil fuel energy is now on the NY governor's desk.

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

Finance

Bitcoin Miners Are Selling Off Their BTC Holdings to Cope With Market Headwinds

As the price of bitcoin falls, miners are cornered into powering off or selling their holdings.

Equipos de minería para bitcoin. (Sandali Handagama)

Finance

CoinShares' Losses From Terra's Slide Hit $21.4M

Liquidating the digital asset firm's position was a "humbling lesson," the CEO said.

Saint Helier, Jersey. (falco/Pixabay)