Mining


Finance

Bitcoin Miner Iris Energy Revives High-Performance Computing Strategy Amid Booming Interest in AI

Miners are increasingly looking to fill data center space with AI and cloud computing.

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

Finance

Mining Pools Are the New Mixers For Cybercriminals: Chainalysis

Hackers have a new way to recycle their ill-gotten crypto gains.

Mining rig (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Secures 50 BTC on Newly Launched Liquidity Platform Block Green

Block Green aims to unlock liquidity from institutional investors for miners and incentivize green mining.

Bitcoin mining can soak up renewable energy that is hard to transmit or consume locally, giving a leg up to energy producers. (Yunha)

Consensus Magazine

If Crypto Wants Institutional Dollars, It Needs an ESG Game Plan: Consensus 2023 Attendees

Attendees at Consensus 2023 argue that the crypto industry should embrace ESG and not hide from it in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report.

A Consensus 2023 panel discussion. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathedra Bitcoin to Deploy Crypto Miners at 360 Mining's Texas Site

Cathedra will pay $55 per megawatt hour of power plus 10% of gross bitcoin mined at the location.

Bitcoin mining rigs at Kryptovault's facility in Hønefoss, Norway. (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Are Probably Selling Their Output at the $28K Level: Matrixport

Miners are being forced to liquidate any new bitcoin mined as margins have narrowed in recent weeks, the report said.

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

Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Buys 12,500 Bitmain Machines for $40.5M

The company has been busy scooping up assets during the crypto bear market, but discounts may be slimming.

CleanSpark CEO Zach Bradford and Executive Chairman Matt Schultz (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Washington Ignored Crypto for Now. That’s Good for Bitcoin.

A huge tax on BTC miners didn’t make it into a deal to resolve the battle, and a separate provision might actually (unintentionally) help them.

President Joe Biden(Getty Images)

Finance

Stablecoin Issuer Tether Invests in Sustainable Bitcoin Mining in Uruguay

The company earlier this month announced plans to invest part of its profits in BTC purchases and infrastructure.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)