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Tech

Marathon Digital Mined 77% More Bitcoin in May With the Help of Its Software

The spike in bitcoin mining is likely due to its mining machines producing at higher capacity than April.

Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel (CoinDesk)

Tech

Ledger Bats Back Criticism of New Wallet Recovery Service

“You’re saying this is not what customers want. Actually, this is what future customers want,” said Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier.

Ledger is working with Etana to target institutional investors eyeing crypto investments. (Hendrik Morkel/Unsplash)

Finance

Hut 8's Alberta Bitcoin Mine Running at 15% Installed Hashrate Due to Electrical Issues

The firm has been facing operational issues as it tries to complete a merger with U.S. Bitcoin Corp.

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)

Finance

Cubist Launches Bank-Grade Ethereum Key Management Service

The company also announced Web3 staking provider Ankr as its first key management customer.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

CleanSpark Buys $144.9M of Bitcoin Mining Rigs to Double Its Hashrate

The brand new Bitmain Antminer S19 XPs miners will be delivered by September.

CleanSpark's bitcoin mining facility in College Park, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Tech

PKT Pal Expands Its Crypto-Powered Wi-Fi Device Lineup With Launch of 'Mini'

Customers were able to deposit $99 to reserve the $499 device starting yesterday.

(Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images)

Layer 2

Air Gap? Hardware Wallet? Multisig? Bitcoin Self-Storage Means Hard Choices

Wallet manufacturers debated the best ways to store bitcoin private keys safely at the BalticHoneybadger conference in Riga.

To achieve financial autonomy, you need to be in full control of your cryptographic private keys. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance Clarifies What Caused Earlier Bitcoin Withdrawal Issues

The crypto exchange said the problem was stuck transactions and the fix would prevent the issue from recurring.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO de Binance. (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Opinion

Using Crypto to Bring the Metaverse Into Reality

Where blockchain fits into building the next-gen internet revolution. The article is part of "Metaverse Week."

(Niklas Liniger via Unsplash)

Tech

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)

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