Mining
Riot Blockchain Says Coronavirus Outbreak Might Hurt Crypto Mining Farms
Riot Blockchain's 10-K filing captures the fear COVID-19 is sowing in American companies.
Aspiring CME Director Wants Exchange to Mine Bitcoin and Issue Tokens
A nominee for a CME director position argued for tokenizing certain shares and building renewable energy sources which could also mine crypto.
US County Extends Rule Making Bitcoin Mining Firms Invest in Renewable Energy
The newly extended rule that crypto mining farms must offset energy consumption with renewables might also be made permanent.
Bitcoin Price Decline Prompts US Mining Firm to Shut Down 'Indefinitely'
Digital Farms is halting operations due to low bitcoin prices, its owner says.
Ruble's Drop Eases Pain of Lower Bitcoin Prices for Russia's Miners
The global market meltdown has indirectly benefited Russia's bitcoin miners, even as the cryptocurrency's price tumbled along with other assets.
Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They're Working on Coronavirus Research
The largest U.S. Ethereum miner is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a drug for the coronavirus.
Bitcoin Volume Gains Traction After 24-Hour Roller-Coaster Ride
Bitcoin prices have been on a roller-coaster ride since Sunday afternoon after the Federal Reserve slashed rates a full percentage point and promised to pump $700 billion into the U.S. economy. But now bitcoin volume is picking up.
Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Crypto on 200 Company Servers
The search engine developer downloaded monero mining scripts onto 200 of Baidu's servers.
Exiled Bitmain Co-Founder Is Fighting Back With Second Lawsuit
Micree Zhan, the ousted co-founder of Bitmain, has filed another lawsuit in his fight to regain control of the bitcoin mining giant – this time in China.
Ethereum’s ProgPoW Debate Is About Much More Than Mining
The debate over ProgPoW has become a flashpoint for how Ethereum makes big decisions.
