Mining
Crypto Mining Poses Environment Pollution Threat: US Senators
Through a signed letter, United State Senators Elizabeth Warren, Edward J Markey, Jeffrey A. Merkley, and Richard J Durbin, among others, requested the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the...
Mining Giant Riot Hit by Severe Weather, 17K Miners Affected
One of the biggest Bitcoin miners, Riot Platforms Inc., has reported that a considerable amount of its operations are offline due to damage sustained during recent winter storms in Texas....
‘Bitcoin Miner Greenwashing,’ Claims American Environmentalist Group
Environmental Working Group (EWG), the American activist group, has called Bitcoin Miners’ shift to nuclear power “greenwashing.” The Washington-based firm claims crypto mining operations, such as Cumulus Data, are falsely...
BlockFi Wins Approval to Auction Its Crypto Mining Assets
BlockFi, the crypto assets lender, received approval from the New Jersey bankruptcy court to put up its cryptocurrency mining assets for auction. It seeks to “act quickly” as suitors are...
Above 55% Of Total Bitcoin Hashrate Controlled by Two Giants
Bitcoin hashrate is becoming increasingly centralized, with a few mining pools controlling the majority of blockchain mining power. The recent data published by Mempool indicates that Antpool and Foundry USA...
NY County Sued over Approval of Crypto Mining Operation
Clean Air Coalition of Western New York and Sierra Club represented by Earthjustice, a nonprofit public interest environmental law organization, filed suit with the Supreme Court of Albany County. The...
Luxor Technologies Hashrate Index Publishes Study On BTC Miners
Luxor Technologies’ Hashrate Index which provides crypto miners with high-quality mining insights, published a blog analysing how Bitcoin miners contribute to the market selling pressure. The blog initially establishes that miners...
BTC’s Mining Difficulty Rises by 13.5%: The Highest Since May 2021
BTC mining difficulty rose by 13.5% an unprecedented rise since May 2021. Recovering from the chips shortage in 2021 and lower GPU prices, more BTC miners arise. The Ethereum Merge...
