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Cleanspark Bolsters Hashrate With $40.5M Purchase of 12,500 Bitcoin Miners
On June 1, 2023, Cleanspark, a publicly-traded bitcoin mining company, declared the acquisition of 12,500 Antminer…
Tether Expands: Stablecoin Issuer Announces Sustainable Bitcoin Mining Project in Uruguay
After announcing its plan to invest 15% of profits into bitcoin, the company Tether Limited has taken another step…
Nvidia’s Blockbuster Outlook Reminds Bitcoin Miners to Give AI a Look
Bitcoin miners might find non-mining AI applications too tantalizing to pass up.
Excavating the Truth Around the Bitcoin Mining Discourse
Last year, a group of CoinDesk reporters traveled to Seneca Lake to examine the effect Greenidge Generation – a…
ASIC Heavyweights: These Are the Most Profitable Proof-of-Work Algorithms in 2023
Eight months ago, there was a significant transformation in the realm of lucrative proof-of-work (PoW) mining…
Upstream Data Sues Crusoe Energy Over Waste Gas Mining Patent
Crusoe is not a pioneer, but a follower, says the lawsuit filed by Stephen Barbour's mining firm.
The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected
Environmentalists and anti-mining lawmakers debating bitcoin mining facility Greenidge Generation’s impact use…
Crypto Miner Marathon Pledges $500K in Matching Funds to Brink for Bitcoin Development
Marathon CEO Fred Thiel tells CoinDesk in an interview that he wants to make sure development and maintenance of…
Microbt Unveils New Whatsminer Bitcoin Mining Rig With 320 TH/s, Setting New Standard for…
During the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, bitcoin mining rig producer Microbt unveiled three new additions to…
Bitcoin Mining Gets Tougher as Network Difficulty Reaches New Peak
On May 18, 2023, at block height 790,272, Bitcoin’s difficulty reached an all-time high after rising 3.22%…
