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Bitcoin Hashrate Approaches Full Recovery From China Crackdown

Miners set up their operations elsewhere.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

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Is Bitcoin Mining Still Profitable?

Vice President of Business Development at Foundry Jeff Burkey discusses the state of the Bitcoin network and hashrate, along with its mining profitability and difficulty. Plus, insights into the launch of FoundryX, a new marketplace for buying and selling bitcoin mining machines.

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Finance

Riot Blockchain Raises 2022 Hashrate Guidance for Second Time in a Month

The bitcoin miner also said it minted 466 bitcoin in November, an increase of about 300% versus the same period last year, but only a slight jump from October.

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RIOT Blockchain CEO on the State of Bitcoin Mining

The Bitcoin network’s hashrate is near complete recovery from the levels reached before China’s mining crackdown, rising over 80% in the past five months and close to reaching a new all-time high. RIOT Blockchain CEO Jason Les discusses the “reallocation of hashrate around the world” and the wider state of mining.

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Compass Mining CEO on Launching Resale Market for Bitcoin Mining Equipment

Compass Mining, the bitcoin mining service provider, has launched a secondary resale market for retail mining customers to sell their bitcoin mining hardware. CEO Whit Gibbs shares insights into the launch and the impact of increasing hashrate on his business.

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What's Behind Bitcoin's Declining Dominance in the Crypto Markets?

"All About Bitcoin's" Week in Review panel discusses the week's events that potentially impacted bitcoin's price action and the wider crypto markets. New data on bitcoin's declining dominance over all other cryptocurrencies is signaling a bias toward altcoin exposure. The latest bitcoin hash rate and reactions to building bitcoin mines using renewable energy in the indigenous land are also discussed.

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Why Miners Are Accumulating Bitcoin for Collateral

Elite Mining CEO Justin Podhola discusses how his firm is accumulating bitcoin as collateralization amid an emerging mining industry trend. In what situation would miners unravel their crypto holdings and begin putting them back on exchanges? Plus, an update on the hashrate and outlook for bitcoin.

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Markets

Bitcoin Mining Is Decentralizing – Here’s Proof

Mining has moved out of China. Is this good for bitcoin? Based on one metric at least, the answer is a resounding yes.

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Week in Review: The US Bitcoin ETF Race Heats Up

It’s been a big week for bitcoin, soaring past $60,000 for the first time in almost six months. The “All About Bitcoin” panel reviews events that helped bring BTC to this point, including the fierce U.S. bitcoin ETF race as the first bitcoin futures ETFs will reportedly clear the SEC next week.

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Bitcoin Miner Profits Recover

New data on bitcoin mining profitability reveals the Antminer S9 and S19 mining machines have been following the price of bitcoin up in recent weeks. Arcane Research said the increasing bitcoin price coupled with a stagnating hashrate, or blockchain computational power, has made 2021 a lucrative year for bitcoin miners. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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