Zack Voell

Zack Voell is a financial writer with extensive experience in cryptocurrency research and technical writing. He has previously worked with leading cryptocurrency data and technology firms, including Messari and Blockstream. His work (and tweets) has appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Independent and more. He owns bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Mining Stocks Soar as BTC Blows Past $20K

Share prices for publicly traded bitcoin mining companies are climbing as the leading cryptocurrency sliced through $20,000 Wednesday.

Bitcoin mining stock performance in 2020

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Ruffer Investment Confirms Massive Bitcoin Buy of $744M

Ruffer confirmed the size of its tremendous bitcoin investment in an email to CoinDesk.

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CEO of Bitcoin Mining Startup Layer1 Resigns in Settlement, Replaced by Ex-President

Alex Liegl has resigned as CEO to be replaced by fellow co-founder Jakov Dolic, who has rejoined the company.

Layer1's West Texas mining facility

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Ruffer Investment Allocated 2.5% of More-Than $20B Portfolio to Bitcoin in November

Ruffer Investment Company sent a short update to shareholders on Tuesday notifying them of the company’s allocation to bitcoin.

"Under the Wave off Kanagawa" ca. 1830

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Riot to Test Immersion Cooling Bitcoin Mining Technology in Texas

The firm is looking to improve efficiency in "difficult temperature environments."

Riot Blockchain and bitcoin percentage gains (2019-2020)

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Bitcoin Chart Views Soared Along With Price in November, TradingView Says

BTCUSD is consistently the most popularly viewed symbol in 2020.

Bitcoin price chart views on TradingView in 2020

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OKEx Bitcoin Mining Pool Shows Signs of Life After Precipitous Hashrate Drop

The troubled bitcoin mining pool is up 181 PH/s from its 18 PH/s lows in November.

OKEx pool hashrate since Nov. 2020

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Bitfury to Sell at Least Part of Its 38% Stake in Bitcoin Miner Hut 8

Bitfury current holds 37.2 million shares of Hut 8.

Hut 8 monthly share gains

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Secondary Mining Markets Surge Amid ASIC Manufacturing Delays

Miners are “scrambling” for any available machines as manufacturers stay sold out.

Aggregate weekly pricing estimates for ASIC miners on secondary markets

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Bit Digital Completes $13.9M Deal for New Mining Machines

The company acquired nearly 18,000 new ASICs in an all-stock transaction.

Bit Digital monthly share percentage gains