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

Binance Didn't Upgrade Customer Checks, Despite Promises to Regulators: Report

A Reuters investigation found Binance has not been as keen on regulation as it has publicly professed to be.

CEO de Binance, Changpeng Zhao (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Finance

Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine

The Texas facility will boost the miners' total hashrate to 15.2 EH/s in 2023.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New All-Time High

The measure of bitcoin mining difficulty will likely continue hitting record highs well into 2022.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Policy

Witnesses Debate Crypto Mining's Efficiency in Congressional Hearing on Environment

Lawmaker questions ranged from basics on blockchain to queries about different energy sources.

Rep. Diana Degette (D-Co.) chaired Thursday's hearing on crypto's energy impact. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

LIVE BLOG: Congressional Hearing Puts Crypto Energy Use in the Crosshairs

Follow along as CoinDesk reporters provide updates.

Solar farm in China (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Bank of Russia Calls for Full Ban on Crypto

Russia's central bank suggests making crypto trading, mining and usage illegal. Owning crypto would be allowed.

Bank of Russia's Elizaveta Danilova (Bank of Russia webcast)

Tech

Multichain Says One Hacker Returned Over $800K

The cross-chain protocol said $1.9 million had been siphoned off by three hackers.

(CoinDesk archives)

Finance

BSN’s Red Date Behind Shenzhen-Singapore Trade Blockchain Project

The network could help companies and governments implement data security laws.

(Hanny Naibaho/Unsplash)

Tech

Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February

The move would bring the chip maker into the same market with such companies at Bitmain and MicroBT.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Policy

Chinese Police Arrest 8 People Related to $7.8M Rug Pull

Police in Anhui province froze RMB 6 million in assets related to a rug pull with hundreds of victims.

China's crypto crackdown put digital-asset traders on the defensive. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)