Mining


Finance

A Russian Nuclear Plant Is Renting Space to Energy-Hungry Bitcoin Miners

A state-owned nuclear power plant in Russia may soon fuel a bitcoin mining hub.

Sergei Nemchenkov, the head of data centers and digital products at Rosenergoatom / Anna Baydakova for CoinDesk

Technologies

Why Harvard Research on a Low-Profit Tezos Attack Matters for Proof-of-Stake

The study reveals some of the understudied aspects of proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies.

Baking image via Shutterstock

Finance

SBI, GMO to Rent Capacity at Massive Bitcoin Mine in Texas: Report

Potentially the world's biggest bitcoin mine, one still under construction, is said to have signed up two top corporate customers in the form of SBI Holdings and GMO.

Cryptocurrency mining machines

Technologies

Bitcoin Mining Power Hits Fresh All-Time High

Bitcoin's hash rate reached record highs this week, amid rising prices and anticipation of the miner reward halving later this year.

Bitcoin miners

Finance

Lawsuit Shows How a Public Firm's $80M Bet on Bitcoin Miners Went Terribly Wrong

The legal dispute between bitcoin miner Ebang and Chinese public firm Wholeasy reflects the prolonged magnitude of last year's market sell-off.

Bitcoin mining facility via CoinDesk archives

Marchés

GSR Partners With Canaan-Tied Startup to Offer Crypto Miners Derivatives

GSR and Interhash want to help crypto miners hedge their costs with a new series of derivatives products.

Stack of bitcoin miners

Marchés

Bitmain’s Miner Manufacturing Subsidiary Had $680K in Assets Frozen in a Contract Dispute

In the latest contract dispute to hit the firm, $680,000 belonging to a fully owned subsidiary of bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has been frozen by a Chinese court.

(Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Founder of Bitmain Rival MicroBT Arrested for Alleged Embezzlement

The arrest, noted by the Shenzhen Nanshan District Prosecutor on Dec. 12 and reported by business publication Caixin on Sunday, comes amid ongoing battles between mining giant Bitmain and MicroBT, which has been a rising competitor this year challenging Bitmain's market dominance.

MicroBT founder Yang Zuoxing speaking at an event hosted by Poolin in September 2019.

Marchés

Mining Giant Glencore to Trace Cobalt Using 'Responsible Sourcing' Blockchain Consortium

Glencore, one of the world’s largest cobalt producers, will use a Hyperledger Fabric blockchain to responsibly source its supply chain.

Mining image via Shutterstock

Finance

Bitmain Shifts Miner Sales Tactics, Betting Big on Bitcoin Halving Pump

Bitmain has retooled its strategy for selling bitcoin miners, betting big that the cryptocurrency’s price will rally with next year's halving.

Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu (CoinDesk archives)