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Finance

BankProv Stops Offering Loans Collateralized With Crypto Mining Machines

The crypto-friendly bank wrote off $47.9 million in loans last year, primarily mining rig-collateralized debt.

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Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockstream Raises $125M for Bitcoin Mining

The company will use the funds to expand its bitcoin mining facilities amid strong demand for hosting.

Blockstream founder Adam Back, right, with entrepreneur Kurt Kumar at Construct 2017. (CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Warns of Default

Bitcoin miner Bitfarms (BITF) might have already or may in the future stop making installment payments on a $20 million loan from bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi, effectively defaulting on the loan, according to a press release. As a result, Bitfarms is looking to modify the loan. "The Hash" panel breaks down the details of the loan.

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Argo Blockchain Secures $20M Bitcoin-Backed Loan to Expand Texas Data Center

The loan agreement is for a six-month term and will be used to expand Argo’s West Texas data center.

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Markets

Bitfinex Repays Tether $100 Million of $700 Million Loan

Bitfinex said it has paid back $100 million of the $700 million borrowed from stablecoin issuer Tether.

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