Mining


Policy

House Lawmakers Send Letters to 4 US Crypto Miners Asking for Details on Environmental Impact

Core Scientific, Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital and Stronghold Digital received the letters from members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

A bitcoin mining farm (Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Rig Maker Canaan Sees 'Prolonged Headwinds' After Challenging Quarter

CEO Nangeng Zhang cited a slumping bitcoin price and COVID-19 lockdowns in China.

Mining rigs in Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Fran Velasquez/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Riot Takes $349M Goodwill Impairment Charge on Acquisitions

The company also posted an impairment charge of $99.8 million on its bitcoin holdings.

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

Finance

Miner Chandler Guo Repeats Support for Ethereum Fork Post-Merge

Guo told CoinDesk TV he wants to create a new proof-of-work blockchain to help miners.

“A lot of people [miners] are suffering,” Chandler Guo, an ethereum miner, said on CoinDesk TV's "First Mover." (CoinDesk TV, modified)

Finance

Crypto Mining Hosting Firm Applied Blockchain Adds $15M Loan to Pay Off Debt, Fund Growth

The company's North Dakota site was knocked offline in July due to an equipment failure in the substation feeding it power.

Mining rigs in Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Fran Velasquez/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Miner Core Scientific Cuts 10% of Staff, Keeps Hashrate Projection

The company also took a $840 million accounting charge to write down the value of its assets.

Core Scientific CEO Mike Levitt (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Energy Web Token Jumps 25% After BlackRock Gives Decarbonization Project a Shoutout

The nonprofit that issues the coin received praise from BlackRock for trying to reduce bitcoin mining emissions.

(Energy Web)

Finance

Hut 8's Q2 Loss Widens to $69M, Continues to 'Hodl' Bitcoin

The lower price of bitcoin and higher power costs hurt the results.

A Hut 8 mining site (Hut 8)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Genesis Digital Locks In 708 MW of Energy for Mining

The power capacity of the mining company is spread across sites in west Texas, as well as North and South Carolina.

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Delays Earnings Report to Sort Out How Much Crypto Rout Devalued Its Assets

Its rivals Marathon, Cipher and CleanSpark all managed to get their results out this week as expected.

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)