Mining


Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Warns of Default, Looks to Amend BlockFi Loan

The outstanding $20 million loan is secured by only $5 million in assets.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Alkimiya Raises $7.2M Funding Round to Grow Cash Flow Hedging Protocol for Miners, Stakers

The funding round was led by Castle Island Ventures and 1kx. It included contributions from Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Dragonfly Capital Partners

U.S. Dollars (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Terms Become Dirty Words as Bear Market Lingers

Companies are taking steps to mask their industry ties during a time of scandals and losses.

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Finance

Argo Blockchain's Bitcoin Mining Margin Widens Most in at Least a Year

December production fell 26% as Argo powered off during a Texas storm.

Argo Blockchain's Helios facility in Dickens County, Texas. (Argo Blockchain)

Finance

Hong Kong Firm With Ties to Bitmain Reorganizes to Focus on Crypto Asset Management and Hedging

Newly named Metalpha has its work cut out for it, hedging an uncertain market for institutional clients.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Videos

How Bitcoin Mining Got 'Even More Competitive' In 2022: Analyst

In CoinDesk Research's Annual 2022 Review report, Research Associate George Kaloudis sheds light on how the decline in BTC price and the rise in Bitcoin hashrate impacted the mining space.

Recent Videos

Finance

CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review

Even though 2022 was a bear market it was an eventful year for all facets of the crypto industry.

(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hive Earned Equivalent of 184 BTC From Curtailing Its Power Use in December

The miner has also installed the first Buzzminers, computers it designed using Intel's new bitcoin mining chip.

Crypto mining stocks have lost roughly half of their value in the past month. (Sandali Handagama for CoinDesk)

Opinion

Bitcoin Mining: A Positive or Negative Indicator for the Future of Crypto?

The sector was hit with a wave of lawsuits, resignations and bankruptcies in 2022, and yet the Bitcoin network’s high hashrate remains a sign of faith.

Crypto mining rigs (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)