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Data Center Operator Sues CoinTerra for $5.4 Million in Damages

A new lawsuit has accused bitcoin mining company CoinTerra of late payment, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.

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CEX.io Halts Cloud Mining Service Due to Low Bitcoin Price

CEX.io has announced that it is suspending its cloud mining service owing to unprofitability and the recent drop in the price of bitcoin.

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Dutch Scrypt Mining Company Declared Bankrupt

Scrypt mining company Mining ASICs Technologies (MAT) has been declared bankrupt by a Maastricht, Netherlands, judge.

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Butterfly Labs Resumes Shipping, Sets Timetable for Refunds

Butterfly Labs has reopened for business, processing delayed shipments and refunds for select customers.

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CoinTerra Silent Amid Alleged Cloud Mining Payout Freeze

Amid reports that cloud mining payouts have ceased, signs have emerged that bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra is experiencing debt problems.

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Bitcoin Mining Pools Attack When Threatened, Study Finds

Researchers have investigated the conditions under which bitcoin mining pools will attack one another or co-exist peacefully.

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MegaBigPower: 2014 Was a Game Changer for Bitcoin Mining

MegaBigPower's Dave Carlson looks back at the changes to bitcoin mining in 2014, and predicts what the next year will bring.

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Court Strikes Down FTC Request for More Butterfly Labs Oversight

Embattled bitcoin mining hardware company Butterfly Labs is back in business, following a federal court ruling on Friday.

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Uncertainty Builds as Alpha Technology Misses Another Shipping Deadline

Alpha Technology, which took deposits for its litecoin ASIC miners in January, has been investigated by Manchester police.

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BitFury CEO: We're Not a Bitcoin Mining Company

BitFury CEO Valery Vavilov speaks to CoinDesk about the company's larger goals, the structure of its operations and its role in the bitcoin ecosystem.

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