The recent increase in power fees enacted by the National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) has bitcoin mining companies seeking alternatives in neighboring countries, such as Argentina and Brazil. A joint venture between Argentine and Brazilian companies recently announced an 8 MW initiative aiming to generate 200 MW by 2026, and more will migrate according […] Original
Marathon mined the most bitcoin in June, 590, though that was 4% fewer than in May. CleanSpark (CLSK) mined 445 tokens, an increase of 7%, the report said. Marathon’s installed hashrate remained the largest of the U.S. listed miners, at 31.5 exahashes per second (EH/S) with Riot Platforms (RIOT) second with 22 EH/s, the report added. Original
Welcome To Latam Insights Encore, a deep view of Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency-based news last week. In this edition, we examine the possible outcomes of the war that Paraguay is waging on illegal (and now legal) bitcoin mining operators, and how this might make the country lose millions of dollars as miners […] Original
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Paraguay raises bitcoin mining power fees, Bolivia talks about the utility of stablecoins as dollar alternatives, and Kavak tokenizes debt in Brazil. Paraguay Raises Bitcoin Mining Power Fees by 14%, Companies Mull Stopping […] Original
Salyn Buzarquis, a Paraguayan senator, blasted the National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE), stating that high-ranking officials charged illegal bitcoin mining farms for operating underground. Buzarquis stated these unnamed officials collected up to $500,000 in bribes monthly and called for the resignation or interrogation of ANDE’s President Felix Sosa on this matter. Senator States National […] Original
Many U.S.-based crypto mining stocks are reflecting Bitcoin’s weakness and are trading down close to 10% in premarket trading. Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) is down 6.5%, while Hut 8 (HUT) is down 8.1% at the time of writing. Michael Saylor’s software company MicroStrategy (MSTR), which holds over 210,000 BTC, is down 6.4% at the time of writing. The recent drop in stock prices occurred after Mt. Gox transferred $2.6 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to a new wallet in preparation for repaying creditors. This drop follows a 10% decrease…
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Bitcoin’s hashprice, or the anticipated value of 1 petahash per second (PH/s) of hashing power per day, has plummeted to a historic low. According to Luxor’s hashprice index, at 6 a.m. EDT on July 4, 2024, the price per petahash dropped to $44.842 per PH/s. The dollar value of daily mining revenue per petahash of […] Original
Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer is integrating high-performance computing and AI technologies while prioritizing transparency and vertical integration to revolutionize the mining industry. With U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s ambitious plans to mine all future Bitcoin in the U.S., Bitcoin mining has become a pivotal element in his bid for the presidency. Talks of crypto and Bitcoin mining are dominating political campaigns and procedures. The marriage of Bitcoin mining with cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) is reshaping the industry. Publicly traded miners are exploring these technologies…
Professor Wang Yang, vice president for institutional advancement and chair professor at the Department of Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), criticized China’s cryptocurrency mining ban during a panel discussion in Hong Kong last week. He called the decision “very unwise” because it shifted businesses to the U.S., boosting American […] Source CryptoX Portal