Cryptocurrency mining gear supplier and mining facility operator Phoenix Technology is contemplating an IPO as per a Bloomberg report. The article claims that preliminary discussions have been in place for an IPO for Phoenix in Abu Dhabi. The UAE-based firm signed a $650 million contract for mining rigs in 2021,
After the last difficulty adjustment on July 12, Bitcoin mining achieved an all-time high of 53.91 trillion units. It’s a way to rank the difficulty of mining Bitcoin. Every two weeks, the blockchain adjusts the difficulty to keep the average transaction time at 10 minutes. As the processing power of
One of the prominent Bitcoin mining businesses, Riot Platforms, has spent $162.9M on 33,280 “next-generation” Bitcoin miners for its Texas data center. The purchase of the mining rigs from supplier MicroBT is well ahead of Bitcoin’s next halving cycle, which is expected to occur around the middle of 2024. The
Iris Energy (IREN), a Bitcoin mining company listed on the NASDAQ, stated on Tuesday that it intends to increase its hash rate capacity by 63%, from 5.5 EH/s to 9.1 EH/s by the beginning of 2024. Moreover, Iris is nearing completion of phase 1 of its 600MW plant in Childress,
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization (USDT), has announced that it took part in the first round of a new billion-dollar renewable energy initiative in El Salvador. Moreover, it is looking to invest $1 billion to build the world’s largest Bitcoin mining farms. Tether Energy
With the aid of its own software, Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) mined 1,245 bitcoin in May, an increase of 77% over the previous month. According to the announcement, the miner has boosted its operating processing power by 9%, to 15.2 exahash/second (EH/S). CEO Fred Thiel stated: “The increased
CleanSpark, a Bitcoin mining company, has invested $40.5 million in 12,500 new ASICs to increase its fleet size. The mining company’s overall hash rate is expected to increase to more than 16 EH/s as a result of the new hardware. Moreover, CleanSpark said on Thursday that the cost per terahash
It became clear on Sunday that the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax proposed by the Biden administration was blocked as part of the agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the U.S. debt ceiling. The Biden administration justified the proposed 30% tax on crypto
Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has become the most interesting topic in Africa. The country leads the world in the search for Bitcoin mining. Google Trends, the trending topic analyzer, has reported that more people in Africa have searched for BTC than anywhere else in the world.
To recoup “more than $26 million” in claimed unpaid mining facility fees, Riot Platforms (previously Riot Blockchain), a cryptocurrency mining platform, has filed a lawsuit against Texas-based Bitcoin miner Rhodium Enterprises. Rhodium reportedly broke its contract with Riot by not paying hosting and service costs related to utilizing Whinstone’s Bitcoin
