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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)

Markets

What Will It Take for Bitcoin Mining Companies to Survive in 2023?

Some miners have held onto the bitcoin they mined, opting instead to finance operations with debt and other capital, which works really well – until it doesn’t.

¿Qué les espera a las empresas de minería de bitcoin en 2023? (Alfieri/Getty Images)

Finance

Bitcoin Miners Got Crushed by Crypto Winter. 2023 May Bring More Pain

Bitcoin miners had a rough 2022, showing “how to not build a mining business,” Industry experts, however, don’t see 2023 as any better, unless the market improve significantly.

El invierno cripto cambió la composición de los participantes de la industria. (Monicore/Pixabay)

Finance

BlackRock Gives Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific New $17M Loan

BlackRock, which already was Core's largest shareholder, previously held $37.9 million of the miner's secured convertible notes.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

Renuncia el CEO de Bitfarms y es sustituido por el COO

Emiliano Grodzki, el CEO saliente, cofundó la empresa canadiense en 2017.

El presidente de Bifarms, Geoff Morphy, fue promovido a CEO. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms' CEO Resigns and Is Replaced by COO

Emiliano Grodzki, the outgoing CEO, co-founded the Canadian company in 2017.

El presidente de Bifarms, Geoff Morphy, fue promovido a CEO. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Argo Blockchain Suspends Trading in US Shares for 24 Hours

The company said earlier this month it was close to restructuring without having to declare bankruptcy.

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