Miners


Tech

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain 'Leans Toward' Designing Custom Miners With Intel Chips

Custom bitcoin mining rigs will allow miners to design their own machines instead of having to settle for ready-made ones from a duopoly of manufacturers.

Bitcoin mining ASICs submerged in immersion cooling liquid at a facility in South Spain. (Eliza Gkritsi)

Finance

Argentina Bears Down on Crypto Miners Amid Power Shortage

Some registered companies saw a 400% increase in their electricity bills in March, while unregistered miners don't plan to stop using subsidized residential tariffs.

Ushuaia, ciudad ubicada en la provincia argentina de Tierra del Fuego. (Richard I'Anson/Getty Images)

Markets

Coinbase, MicroStrategy Lead Crypto Stocks Lower in Market Rout

Double-digit percentage losses were the norm across the cryptocurrency sector as the Nasdaq tumbled another 4% and bitcoin plunged to just above $30,000.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor

Finance

Argo Blockchain Borrows $70M From NYDIG to Buy Mining Rigs

The miner is getting more machines for its Helios facility in Texas.

A crypto mining farm (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Policy

New York Man Arrested for Alleged $1.8M Crypto Mining Scam

Authorities say 37-year-old Chet Stojanovich promised to take a customer on 31-hour road trip to see the non-existent mining equipment in Canada – and then abandoned him at the Buffalo airport.

Statue of Themis holding the balance scales. (Oleksandr Berezko/EyeEm via Getty Images)

Finance

Riot Blockchain Bitcoin Mined Rises to 511 in March

The company also sold 200 bitcoin during the month, raising $9.4 million.

A close-up of one of Riot's mining rigs. (Riot Blockchain)

Finance

Riot Blockchain Files to Sell Up to $500M of Stock

Proceeds from the "at-the-market" offering would be used for general corporate purposes, which may include investments in existing and future projects.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Q4 Revenue Matches Estimate; Reiterates Hashrate Guidance

The company also said permission for operations to continue at its New York facility has been delayed again.

Greenidge Mining center

Finance

Le vendite annuali di Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific salgono a 545 milioni di dollari, battendo le stime

Il miner ha inoltre ribadito le sue aspettative sull'hashrate per il 2022 e prevede ulteriori fusioni e acquisizioni nel settore del mining Cripto nei prossimi 12 mesi.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)