Mining


Opinion

Bitcoin Mining Has a Superpower

The blockchain's energy needs are flexible, location agnostic and responsive to grid changes, Texas Blockchain Council President Lee Bratcher writes.

superpower stance, sunset

Opinion

The Single Most Important Truth About Bitcoin Mining, Energy and the Environment

Proof-of-work mining will help to decarbonize the grid and lower the cost of energy production, Reed College professor and Bitcoin Policy Institute fellow Troy Cross writes.

(Benjamin Von Wong)

Consensus Magazine

Ghost From the Well: Is Crypto Mining With Associated Gas Better for the Environment?

Oil and gas companies are keen to use gas that would normally be flared off to run bitcoin mining operations. But environmentalists claim the practice merely perpetuates the use of fossil fuels.

Gas flaring / Getty Images

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Expands Operations in Paraguay After Securing 2 Hydropower Contracts

The company will be able to add up to 150 megawatts of energy capacity through the two agreements.

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Miner Argo Blockchain Raises $7.5M in Share Sale; Stock Slumps

Proceeds from the private placing and public sale will be used to pay down debt.

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

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

Finance

Crypto Miner Hive Blockchain Touts Privacy of AI Models Running on Its GPUs

Hive wants to provide enterprise training in its fleet of GPUs as part of its pivot to artificial intelligence.

(Sandali Handagama)

Tech

Crypto Miners Sent Over $1B Bitcoin to Exchanges Over Two Weeks: CryptoQuant

Miners usually sell bitcoin at favorable prices to keep their extensive computing operations running.

(Sandali Handagama)

Finance

APLD Signs Artificial Intelligence Hosting Deal Worth Up to $460M

APLD shares surged on Nasdaq after the firm announced its second AI cloud hosting deal.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Finance

Only Bitcoin Miners With Low Power Costs and High Sustainable Energy Mix Will Survive: JPMorgan

Electricity costs played a vital role in the past year’s bear market as miners struggled to stay in business, the report said.

Photo of five wind farm windmills in a field.