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Increasing electricity costs and a decline in digital asset prices coupled with high mining difficulty in the fourth quarter slashed mining profit margins and made it difficult for miners to stay afloat. Chinese crypto mining rig maker – Canaan – reported a mining revenue of $10.5 million in the fourth quarter, representing an increase of 16.3% from the previous quarter. It was also up by a staggering 368.2% compared to the same period in 2021. But the bigger picture tells a...

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Through a series of letters to federal agencies, those in charge in the United States have stated that they believe they have the authority to force crypto mining firms to produce information about how much energy they use and how many greenhouse emissions they create. Are Mining Companies in Trouble? The United States has become something of a “safe haven” for crypto mining companies in recent years after regions like China have imposed bans on mining activities. There...

Riot Blockchain – one of the largest and most recognized crypto mining facilities in the world – reported that January was its best month to date in terms of crypto extraction. The company says it was able to pull as many as 740 BTC units from the blockchain two months ago, the most it’s ever done. Riot Blockchain Saw Its Mining Figures Reach Sky High This is good news in that everything we’ve heard ever since the midway point of 2022 suggests mining has become much...

The Colorado-based bitcoin miner – Riot Blockchain – reported a total revenue of nearly $260 million for 2022, a 22% increase compared to 2021. It mined 5,554 BTC and boosted its hash rate capacity to an all-time high of 9.7 EH/s. The positive results come in spite of the devastating bear market that reigned during the bigger part of the year, and Riot’s shrunk production levels in the summer due to a heat wave.  Against All Odds Riot produced 46% more bitcoin in 2022 than in...

Das sind die Mining-Geräte, welche im Keller der Schule gefunden wurden. Im US-Bundesstaat Massachusetts wurde eine Mining Farm in einem Belüftungskeller einer Schule gefunden, wie der IT Security Blog The Register berichtet. Das Problem war allerdings, dass der Strom für das Mining von der Schule illegal abgezwackt wurde. Der Keller selber war nur schwer zugänglich und ohne die hohe Stromrechnung wäre die Mining Farm wohl nicht aufgeflogen. Strom...

Nadeam Nahas – a 39-year-old former US state of Massachusetts employee – reportedly faces charges of placing a cryptocurrency mining operation in a remote space at a local school.  Court documents claim he stole nearly $17,500 worth of electricity to power his supercomputers. Revealing the Crime According to recent coverage, Nahas set up his crypto miner in the basement of Cohasset High School. Prosecutors insisted that he vandalized the facility and stole over $17,000 worth...

Crypto mining saw severe losses last year as prices went south. Several notable players in the space slid into bankruptcy, while others had to take cost-cut measures and shut down branches. This was also reflected in the Canadian cryptocurrency miner Hive Blockchain’s revenue, which halved to $14.3 million in Q3 as compared $29.6 million total it made in the previous three-month period. Hive Blockchain’s Q3 Result According to the official report, Hive said hedging its energy...

There has been a tremendous transformation in the Bitcoin mining landscape since. Different countries have become the new harbors of miners. One European country has emerged as the world’s largest hash rate producer per capita. Owing to cheap electricity, Iceland is one of the first countries to see industrial-scale Bitcoin mining. According to Bitcoin mining researcher Jaran Mellerud, the country’s entrepreneurial locals can also be attributed to the growth of the sector....