Mining

Cybercrooks are slowly turning their backs on crime because they are finding it is more profitable to mine crypto, according to research from Kaspersky Labs. Per Kommersant, the Russian software giant said that distributed…
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Even though internet and cyber cafes may have bene shuttered during pandemic-imposed lockdowns, it doesn’t mean these small businesses aren’t making money. In fact, even with the lack of the familiar faces of gaming customers during the…
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Another Chinese non-crypto firm has moved into bitcoin (BTC) mining – with the shipping behemoth Sino Global set to snap up a controlling stake in computing company Nine-Chain Intelligent in a deal worth around USD 8.5m. Per a press…
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining leaves a climate footprint, but renewable energy accounts for a considerable share of the process, according to Nic Carter, Founding Partner of blockchain-focused venture capital (VC) firm Castle Island Ventures.…
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At the beginning of this unusual and sometimes difficult year, the cryptocurrency world reminisced about the crypto mining boom and whether it was now over. But soon, the fears were washed away as large companies registered on Nasdaq…
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Venezuelan soldiers are mobilizing. No, this is not the start of World War III – these troops are being put to work mining bitcoin (BTC) in the Nicolás Maduro regime’s latest, and possibly most audacious crypto-themed fundraising effort…
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The Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Bit Digital has announced it will issue $13.9 million in shares in exchange for mining hardware. According to a Nov. 11 announcement, Bit Digital has inked asset-purchase agreements with…
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A key bitcoin activity metric shows that miners have sent considerable amounts of BTC to cryptocurrency exchanges over the past several days, signaling a potential price dip ahead. According to data compiled by on-chain analytics firm…
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty just had its largest drop since 2011 and the second-largest in history of the network. According to major mining pool BTC.com, mining difficulty, which is the measure that shows how hard it is to compete for…
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty could revert to levels not seen since August – with a forecasted drop in difficulty of almost 15% on the cards, similarly to what BTC miners experienced after a market crash in March. Per BTC.com, a major…
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