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Finance

Newly Public Core Scientific Leads Slump in Crypto Mining Stocks

The company's shares have fallen more than 20% since it went public via a SPAC merger on Thursday.

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

Finance

Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine

The Texas facility will boost the miners' total hashrate to 15.2 EH/s in 2023.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New All-Time High

The measure of bitcoin mining difficulty will likely continue hitting record highs well into 2022.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Intel, Block Supporting Mining a Positive for Bitcoin’s Price: Analyst

The moves will likely lead to increased mining efficiency and greater bitcoin adoption, which in turn should help boost the price of the cryptocurrency.

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What to Expect From Bitcoin Mining Hearing on Capitol Hill

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing Thursday to discuss the energy impact of blockchains. CoinDesk's Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De shares a preview.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miners’ Margins Are Still ‘Quite Healthy’ Even After Recent Sell-Off: D.A. Davidson

The Wall Street investment bank says mining company shares were sold because of falling bitcoin prices and investors' sudden change in risk appetite.

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Tech

Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February

The move would bring the chip maker into the same market with such companies at Bitmain and MicroBT.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Miners Going Public Amid Bitcoin Slump Face Tough Months Ahead

Production numbers for the next few months will be crucial for miners going public soon.

Racks of bitcoin miners (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Finance

Payments Giant Block to Build Open-Source Bitcoin Mining System

The payment services company formerly known as Square is open to building new mining computers and is hiring for a new engineering team.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miners Are Starting to ‘Hodl’ Again, but for How Long?

Some bitcoin miners are likely to spend some of their mined coins to pay for expenses and growth as bitcoin price dips.

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