In February, bitcoin miners discovered a total of 4,446 blocks, amassing earnings of $1.39 billion, with $71 million of this sum coming from onchain transaction fees. The revenue from bitcoin mining in February rose by $40 million compared to January, though the amount collected from fees saw a decrease this month. Bitcoin’s Hash Price Breaks […] Original
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms Inc. said it expects to take delivery as well as deploy 31,500 Whatsminer M60S miners worth $97.4 million by the end of July 2024. The addition of the new bitcoin mining machines is projected to increase the “self-mining” hashrate capacity of Riot’s Rockdale Facility to 15.1 EH/s. Replacement of Underperforming Miners […] Original
Riot Platforms has acquired 31,500 Bitcoin mining machines, and CleanSpark has completed the acquisition of three new facilities. The strategic acquisitions are part of a broader effort by crypto miners to enhance efficiency and prepare for the Bitcoin halving, which will reduce per-block rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, putting financial pressure on the mining operations. Riot Platforms’ $97.4 million purchase from MicroBT is set to increase the hash rate capacity at its Rockdale, TX facility from 12.4 exahashes per second (EH/s) to 15.1 EH/s by July’s end. The…
Riot Platforms, a Bitcoin mining company, reported a 19% increase in Bitcoin production for 2023, mining a total of 6,626 BTC. The cost of mining Bitcoin in 2023, after factoring in power credits allocated to self-mining, averaged $7,539 per Bitcoin. This marks a 33% decrease from the $11,225 average in 2022. Riot Platforms’ revenue surge Jason Les, CEO of Riot Platforms, unveiled the company’s exceptional performance in 2023, highlighting it as another significant milestone in the company’s journey as a vertically integrated Bitcoin (BTC) miner. Les touted total revenues of…
Following legal action initiated by Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the department’s statistical branch, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), has put a temporary hold on its bitcoin mining survey and quarantined the data gathered to date. DOE Puts Bitcoin Mining Inquiry on Hold Amid Legal Challenges […] Source CryptoX Portal
The publicly listed mining firm Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council have initiated legal proceedings against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal entities, aiming to obstruct what they deem an unauthorized data collection effort targeting the bitcoin mining industry. The legal battle underscores the escalating tension between bitcoin mining operations and […] Original
PRESS RELEASE. CHICAGO – Feb 22, 2024 – Lumerin, a decentralized Hashpower Marketplace built on Arbitrum that has built technology to make Bitcoin hashrate a liquid asset allowing for global access to peer-to-peer, decentralized hashrate trading, today announced a new integration with Portal, the first trust minimized, cross-chain swaps that involve no bridges, custody or […] Original
A Texas crypto firm and industry group sued the SEC, disputing its authority over exchange-traded crypto, aiming to classify them as non-securities. In a legal maneuver against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a Texas-based crypto mining firm called Lejilex and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT) initiated legal action, Reuters reports, citing the lawsuit. Both are challenging the SEC’s purported authority in the crypto domain, contending that the regulatory body lacks a definitive legal mandate. Lejilex aims to establish Legit.Exchange, a crypto trading platform, intending to list…
As someone who’s served at the Department of Energy (DOE), I believe the orders offer some key opportunities. While most of the mining community agrees the requests are politically motivated by certain members of Congress, the EIA statute directs agencies to pursue information gathering functions in support of requests from Congress, the DOE and others. Some of the questions are standard for the data gathering process and could help promote adoption of a much-needed uniform, consistent reporting framework for our burgeoning industry. Source
BitRiver, a Bitcoin mining company targeted by OFAC sanctions, is set to launch Russia’s largest data center for artificial intelligence (AI) in H2 2024. Bitriver-B, a subsidiary of BitRiver Group, is set to launch the largest data center for energy-intensive computations in Eurasia in the second half of 2024, Russia‘s government news agency Prime reports. The expected capacity of the data center is said to be 100 megawatts, as reported by Sergey Bezdelov, director of the Association of Industrial Mining. “This is the largest facility among all data centers in…