Mining


Finance

Cloud Miner BitFuFu Looks at US Listing via SPAC Merger

The merged firm is valued at $1.5 billion.

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Finance

Luxor Starts Ethereum Mining Pool as Proof-of-Stake Shift Looms

Luxor also started an advocacy group for Ethereum to remain on the proof-of-work consensus mechanism.

Hut 8 Luxor Ethereum mining (Bet Noire/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Finance

Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine

The Texas facility will boost the miners' total hashrate to 15.2 EH/s in 2023.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New All-Time High

The measure of bitcoin mining difficulty will likely continue hitting record highs well into 2022.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Crypto Miner Mawson Sees Hashrate Topping 1 EH/s by Month's End

The Australian miner is producing about 5.8 bitcoins per day.

Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate

Policy

EU Markets Regulator Calls for Ban on Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining: Report

Erik Thedéen said that EU regulators should nudge the crypto industry towards the less energy-intensive proof-of-stake mining.

EU Parliament (areporter/Shutterstock)

Tech

Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February

The move would bring the chip maker into the same market with such companies at Bitmain and MicroBT.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Bitmain Adds Liquid Cooling Technology to Its Latest Bitcoin Mining Rigs

Antminer S19 Pro+ Hyd. will deliver 198 terahashes per second (TH/s) of computing power, a 41% increase from Bitmain’s previous model S19 XP.

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