Riot Blockchain to buy 42,000 miners for $138.5 million
American mining company Riot Blockchain has signed an agreement with Bitmain to buy 42,000 Antminer S19j ASIC miners for a total of $138.5 million.All about cryptocurrency mining, including Bitcoin and other digital currencies. News on mining in China, Russia, Ukraine, and globally. Learn what cryptocurrency mining is and how it works.
Riot Blockchain to buy 42,000 miners for $138.5 million
American mining company Riot Blockchain has signed an agreement with Bitmain to buy 42,000 Antminer S19j ASIC miners for a total of $138.5 million.
Chinese online-lottery provider buys Bitcoin-miner manufacturer Bee Computing
The NYSE-listed online-lottery services provider in China, 500.com, acquired the Hong Kong-based ASIC-miner manufacturer Bee Computing for $100 million.
Bitcoin hash rate hits all-time high
The aggregate computing power of the network behind the world's leading cryptocurrency reached a record 179.4 EH/s.
China’s bitcoin farms set to surpass the Philippines in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2024
Chinese mining farms will, within three years, consume more than 296.59 TWh of electricity and surpass the Philippines in greenhouse-gas emissions.
Marathon increases bitcoin reserves to 5,134 BTC
In the first quarter of 2021, the U.S. mining company Marathon Digital Holdings mined 196 BTC. The company's total holdings of the cryptocurrency reached 5,134.2 BTC, worth about $301 million.
Underground mining farm found in a business incubator near Saint Petersburg
The leadership of the Volkhov International Business Incubator, located in Leningrad Oblast, discovered an underground mining farm within the facility.
Abkhazia to intensify crackdown on miners and seize their equipment
In the Gudauta district administration's operational headquarters for combating illegal cryptocurrency mining, preparations are underway to seize mining equipment during raids.
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary pledges to buy only ‘clean’ Bitcoin
Investor and 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O’Leary said in a CNBC comment that he would buy only environmentally clean digital gold.
Hong Kong seizes 300 smuggled Nvidia CMP HX mining GPUs
Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department detained a fishing dhow carrying 300 Nvidia CMP HX mining GPUs.
Bitcoin miners’ March revenues hit record highs
Bitcoin miners earned $1.75 billion in March. This marks a record monthly revenue, according to The Block.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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