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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Technologie

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain 'Leans Toward' Designing Custom Miners With Intel Chips

Custom bitcoin mining rigs will allow miners to design their own machines instead of having to settle for ready-made ones from a duopoly of manufacturers.

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

Financiën

Slumping Galaxy Digital Announces Share Repurchase Plan

The stock had dropped 20% earlier this week, when the company reported a first-quarter loss.

Galaxy founder Mike Novogratz (Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Financiën

The9 Buys Data Center in Kyrgyzstan to Host 7,500 Antminers

The crypto miner expects the 31.5 MW facility to be ready in July.

Bitcoin mining rigs at Kryptovault's facility in Hønefoss, Norway. (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Beleid

Environmental Groups Call on US Government to Implement Stringent Bitcoin Mining Regulations

Local and national activists are banding together to limit what they consider are the industry's adverse effects on the environment.

Power plant in New York (2020 Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Financiën

Cipher Raises Year Hashrate View While Cutting Power Guidance

The stock of the miner lost almost 50% of its value in one day.

Bitcoin mining rigs at Kryptovault's facility in Hønefoss, Norway. (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Beleid

Crypto Mining Rig Maker Canaan Added to SEC List of Scrutinized Chinese Companies

Canaan has until May 25 to dispute its inclusion, which could eventually force its delisting from the Nasdaq.

Beijing's Forbidden City. (Ling Tang/Unsplash)

Financiën

Argo Blockchain to Open Flagship Texas Mining Facility Next Week, Shares Rise

The stock was up 12% on the London Stock Exchange.

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

Beleid

Kazakhstan Orders Crypto Miners to Register With Authorities

The Central Asian country is trying to clean up its mining industry in the face of energy shortages.

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Financiën

Argo Blockchain Borrows $70M From NYDIG to Buy Mining Rigs

The miner is getting more machines for its Helios facility in Texas.

A crypto mining farm (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Financiën

Dubai Real Estate Developer to Accept Crypto Payments Amid UAE Push for Crypto Hub Status

Several of the world's biggest crypto exchanges have flocked to the emirates in the last few months.

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)