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Finance

Bondholders of Troubled Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Said to Be Working With Lawyers: Report

The company last week warned it may have to explore bankruptcy as its financial condition worsens.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Buys Another Batch of Mining Machines

The company has acquired more than 26,500 rigs and 116 MW of facilities in recent months.

CleanSpark's immersion-cooled bitcoin miners at a site in Norcross, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Digihost Bucks Bearish Trend Among Bitcoin Miners, Remains Cash-Flow Positive

The company remains debt free despite soaring energy prices and a stagnant crypto market.

Antminer bitcoin mining rigs displayed at Consensus 2021 (Christie Harkin/CoinDesk)

Videos

Bitcoin Could Rally to $63K by March 2024: Matrixport

Bitcoin could soon find relief and rally to $63,000 by March 2024, when BTC is likely to undergo mining reward halving – a programmed code aimed at reducing the pace of supply expansion by 50% every four years. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Markets

Bitcoin Could Rally to $63K Ahead of Next Mining Reward Halving: Matrixport

Bitcoin tends to bottom out and start rallying 15 months ahead of the halving, past data show.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Compass to Host 27MW Worth of Mining Rigs at Solar-Powered Startup

Startup miner Aspen Creek Digital has 30MW worth of capacity at its Texas facility, making Compass one of its largest customers.

Aspen Creek is just one bitcoin mining facility that tapped Texas' cheap, but atypical, electricity grid. (Aspen Creek)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Hikes 2022 Hashrate Guidance by 10%

The company now sees year-end computing power at 5.5 exahash per second, up 10% from the previous outlook.

CleanSpark's immersion-cooled bitcoin miners at a site in Norcross, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Struggling Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Maple Finance’s $300M Lending Pool

A pipeline of 10 mining firms will make up the first cohort of borrowers, with some 25 on the waitlist.

Sid Powell, CEO of Maple Finance (Maple Finance)

Finance

Argentina Dismantles Illegal Crypto Mining Operation, Arrests 40

The country’s tax collection agency has seized cash and crypto mining equipment in a series of raids.

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Finance

Wall Street Analyst ‘Pulling the Plug’ on Bitcoin Miners Owing to Bear Market Woes

DA Davidson analyst Chris Brendler downgraded Core Scientific and Argo Blockchain from buy to neutral and said the bank has grown “increasingly concerned” about the miners.

Core Scientific facility in North Carolina. (Core Scientific)