Mining


Finance

Crypto Mining Data Center Provider Compute North Raises $385M

The company raised $85 million in an equity round and $300 million in debt financing.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Miners Offloaded Holdings as Prices Dropped to $33K

The selling likely contributed to the crypto's decline in price in January.

Bitcoin miners started offloading positions in the past 30 days. (Glassnode)

Policy

Kazakhstan President Calls for Tax Increase on Crypto Mining: Report

Just weeks after a tax on mining came into effect, the government is looking to raise it fivefold.

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Policy

Electricity Consumption in Siberian Region Rises Fourfold Due to Crypto Mining

The Russian government is working on new crypto mining regulation.

Lake Baikal in Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast. (Image credit: Ekaterina Sazonova)

Finance

Texas Crypto Miners Shuttering Operations as Winter Storm Approaches

Riot Blockchain is among the companies on storm watch and looking to help protect the state’s power grid.

Bitcoin miners in Texas are bracing for a severe winter storm. (Christine Kohler/Getty Images)

Finance

Greenidge Q4 Revenue Rises Even as the Number of Coins Mined Falls

The number of mined bitcoins fell 16% from the previous quarter while hashrate rose 17%.

Greenidge Generation's bitcoin mining facility.

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge’s NY Power Plant Permit Delayed: Report

The decision by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will now come by the end of March.

Greenidge mining facility

Finance

Jefferies Sees Nearly 160% Upside for Marathon Digital's Shares

The firm started coverage with a buy rating and 12-month price target of $51.

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Finance

Warren Targets 6 More Crypto Miners for Their Energy Use

The crypto miners welcomed the dialogue on the environmental issues of mining with the Massachusetts senator.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Finance

Kazakh Crypto Miners Cut Off From Electricity Supply Until End of January

Kazakhstan's energy problem worsened on Tuesday when a major transmission line was disconnected.

Astana, Kazakhstan