Tag: Mining

Year of Bitcoin miners’ merge? Analysts predict key mining trends for 2023

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After a shocking year for Bitcoin (BTC), public miners will focus on strengthening balance sheets and minimizing costs this year, according to industry analysts. Bitcoin mining cost minimization will likely lead public miners to either go private or merge with other companies in 2023, Hash Rate Index’s Bitcoin analysts Jaran Mellerud and Colin Harper predicted. In a blog post titled “10 Bitcoin mining predictions for 2023,” the analysts pointed out that public miners are burdened with strict reporting requirements, such as spending millions of dollars on annual reporting. After many…

Iran court orders the release of seized crypto mining equipment

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Iranian authorities seized numerous crypto mining equipment over the past two years, citing stress on energy grids during winter. Now, a court ordered the release of crypto-mining equipment that was previously seized as a measure to conserve energy. Since 2021, Iran’s Organization for Collection and Sale of State-Owned Property (OCSSOP) has seized mining equipment — both authorized and unauthorized — due to looming power shortage concerns. However, the authorities had a change of heart amid winter as they ordered the release of the seizure. As explained by Abdolmajid Eshtehadi, the head…

Core Scientific shuts down 37K mining rigs it was hosting for Celsius

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Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has agreed to let Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific shut off more than 37,000 mining rigs it had been hosting for Celsius during the miner’s bankruptcy proceedings. Core Scientific filed a revised proposed order on Jan. 3 that incorporated “revisions acceptable to Celsius” stating “all Celsius rigs will be powered down effective January 3, 2023 and will not be restarted during the transition period.” On Oct. 19, Core Scientific accused Celsius of failing to pay its power bills, later citing the non-payment as a major factor…

Core Scientific to Shut Down Celsius Crypto Mining Equipment

Celsius is not only Core’s largest customer, with more than 37,000 machines hosted in its facilities, but one of its largest secured noteholders, holding about $54 million of secured convertible notes, or 10% of the total issuance, Kirkland & Ellis lawyer Chris Koenig, who represents Celsius, said in the first day hearing of Core’s bankruptcy case. Source

Iran Returns Seized Crypto Mining Equipment to Miners – Mining Bitcoin News

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A government body responsible for state property in Iran has released some of the hardware seized from illegal crypto mining farms. Its top executive explained the agency was obliged to do that by courts in the Islamic Republic, where unlicensed miners have been blamed for power shortages. Authorities in Iran Give Confiscated Mining Rigs Back to Their Owners Iran’s Organization for Collection and Sale of State-Owned Property (OCSSOP) has started to return to miners some of the mining devices seized in raids on underground crypto farms. It was ordered to…

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sees Sharp 3.59% Drop

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The bitcoin mining difficulty had adjusted upward for the majority of 2022, recording its highest correction in the same year. However, 2023 kicked off with a downtrend as the mining difficulty has begun to drop. A sharp drop in this metric recorded in the early hours of Tuesday could be the start of a trend reversal in this regard. Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Plunges The bitcoin mining difficulty declined suddenly on Tuesday morning during Asia hours. Data from CoinWarz shows that it had fallen almost 3.6% in a sharp downward correction.…