Mining


Finance

Amid Market Rout, Crypto Miners Are Still Building

Crypto miners are still developing innovative data centers despite a souring market that has some miners struggling to survive.

El bear market afectó los precios de minería de bitcoin. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Bitmain Discounts Bitcoin Mining Machines in an Already Depressed Market

Prices for bitcoin mining rigs have fallen by about 70% this year.

A Bitfarms mining facility in Washington State. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Platform Maple Finance Aims to Help Struggling Bitcoin Miners With $300M Lending Pool

The DeFi platform is launching its first fully collateralized, industry-specific lending pool with up to 20% interest rate as bitcoin miners are finding it tough to raise capital.

A Bitfarms mining facility in Washington State. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitfarms abre una operación en Argentina y aumenta el hashrate a 4,1 EH/s

La compañía canadiense planea abrir el próximo año un segundo sitio de minería en el país dados los bajos costos de electricidad.

Un empleado de Bitfarms supervisa hardware de minería de bitcoin. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Tech

El 90% de los mineros PoW quedará en bancarrota, según el minero de Ethereum Chandler Guo

La fusión perjudicó mucho a la minería, le dijo a CoinDesk Guo, defensor del mecanismo proof-of-work. Consideró que la bifurcación de Ethereum que él respalda atraerá a los mineros que queden a medida que se solucionen las fallas.

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

Opinion

Ethereum PoW Is Not an Ethereum Competitor

Will proof-of-work blockchains benefit from the Merge, beyond short-term speculation?

(Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Tech

El hashrate de Ethereum Classic y Ravencoin se duplican tras el merge

A partir del jueves, Ethereum cambió a un sistema que ya no necesita de mineros.

Ethereum merge (Dall-E/CoinDesk)

Finance

As Ethereum Merge Looms, Michael Saylor Pushes Back Against Bitcoin's Energy Critics

The bitcoin maximalist, executive chairman of MicroStrategy and recently alleged tax evader says the Bitcoin network’s output is 100 times greater in cost than its input.

Michael Saylor merch at BTC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum Merge Could Shine Light on Chinese Mining Influence, Says VC

Matthew Graham, CEO of venture capital firm Sino Global Capital, weighs in on Ethereum’s upcoming Merge and what the seminal moment may reveal about Chinese miners on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”

“It will be telling about how much market power Chinese OG miners still have,” Matthew Graham, CEO of venture capital firm Sino Global Capital, said during an appearance on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” on Wednesday. (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

Here's How Equity Investors Can Play Ethereum’s Merge

It's slim pickings for equity investors looking to trade one of the biggest events in the crypto industry, but there are a few options, including Coinbase and some smaller Canadian companies.

Equity investors have limited choices if they want to trade Ethereum's Merge. (Getty Images)