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Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Raises $125M for Bitcoin Mining

The company will use the funds to expand its bitcoin mining facilities amid strong demand for hosting.

Blockstream founder Adam Back, right, with entrepreneur Kurt Kumar at Construct 2017. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

CEO of Canadian Utility That Proposed Banning New Power to Crypto Miners Exits

Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu will officially step down in April after three years leading the company.

(Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps to $23K, Looks Bullish as Miner Sales Hit Three-Year Low

Buying pressure remains spot-driven, but prices are easily movable due to relatively lower liquidity, analysts at Bitfinex said.

Equipamiento para la minería de bitcoin. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner 1Thash Sent Almost All Its BTC to Binance

On-chain data sourced from CryptoQuant show the 5,592 BTC worth some $124 million that was transferred out of the miner’s address in the past three days ended up in Binance.

Racks of crypto mining machines.

Videos

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Warns of Default

Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) might have already or may in the future stop making installment payments on a $20 million loan from bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi, effectively defaulting on the loan, according to a press release. As a result, Bitfarms is looking to modify the loan. "The Hash" panel breaks down the details of the loan.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Warns of Default, Looks to Amend BlockFi Loan

The outstanding $20 million loan is secured by only $5 million in assets.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Alkimiya Raises $7.2M Funding Round to Grow Cash Flow Hedging Protocol for Miners, Stakers

The funding round was led by Castle Island Ventures and 1kx. It included contributions from Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Dragonfly Capital Partners

U.S. Dollars (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Terms Become Dirty Words as Bear Market Lingers

Companies are taking steps to mask their industry ties during a time of scandals and losses.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Argo Blockchain's Bitcoin Mining Margin Widens Most in at Least a Year

December production fell 26% as Argo powered off during a Texas storm.

Argo Blockchain's Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas. (Argo Blockchain)