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Markets

Caroline Ellison Most Likely Won't Serve Time, Polymarket Traders Bet

Plus: the market is skeptical about Qualcomm's Intel deal; prediction markets were in vogue at Token2049 in Singapore.

Caroline Ellison, the government's star witness in their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, leaving court on Tuesday, Oct. 11 following her first day of testimony. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Applied Digital Stock Surges 12% After Announcing Its Third AI Deal

Applied Digital will be deploying HPE's Cray XD supercomputers in its AI cloud service.

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2023/06/hewlett-packard-enterprise-unveils-ai-cloud-for-large-language-models.html

Tech

Jack Dorsey's Block Snaps Up Bitcoin Mining Chip as Intel Winds Down Production

The payments company could start selling bitcoin mining hardware as early as next year.

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Videos

Intel Ending Production of its Bitcoin Mining Chip Series

Chipmaking heavyweight Intel (INTC) is ending production of its bitcoin mining chip series, the company said in a statement to CoinDesk on Tuesday. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest blow to the bitcoin mining community and the broader implications for the tech industry.

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Videos

Intel Discontinues Bitcoin Mining Chip Series; Unchained Capital Raises $60M

Chipmaking heavyweight Intel (INTC) is ending production of its bitcoin mining chip series, the company said in a statement to CoinDesk. Separately, Unchained Capital has completed a $60 million Series B funding round led by Valor Equity Partners, including crypto asset-management giant NYDIG.

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Tech

Intel Discontinues Bitcoin Mining Chip Series

The production of the so-called Blockscale chips was announced about a year ago.

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Tech

Hive Blockchain Deploys First Intel-Powered Bitcoin Mining Machines

The Canadian miner expects the machines to bring 110 to 130 terrash/second of computing power each.

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Videos

Bitcoin Miner Hive Earned About 184 BTC by Curtailing Its Power Use in December

Canadian bitcoin miner Hive Blockchain (HIVE) earned $3.15 million, or the equivalent of about 184 bitcoin, by curtailing its power use in December, whereas it mined 213.8 BTC for the month. "The Hash" panel discusses why miners cut back their power use at times of high demand to cope with market headwinds. Plus, insights on the Buzzminers designed with Intel's (INTC) Blocksale chips.

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Tech

Crypto Miner Hive Cuts Computing Power Forecast for Intel Chip-Based Rigs

The Canadian firm said 5,800 machines will provide computing power of upward of 630 petahashes per second by end of January. That's less than the October forecast of 1 exahash.

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

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)

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