According to Billy Boone, director of market research at Simple Mining, the answer is yes, and miners could become even more ...

Of course, bitcoin critics would argue there is nothing truly gained here in terms of energy efficiency. One of the side ...

JPMorgan said the Bitcoin network hashrate fell for a second straight month in December, signaling easing competition among ...

Bitcoin has often surged after sustained hashrate drops, a trend that would provide much-needed relief to many struggling Bitcoin miners at current prices. Bitcoin’s hashrate fell 4% over the month to ...

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In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

Data suggests that fears about Xinjiang-related Bitcoin mining have overstated the impact, with hashrate losses proving brief and driven partly by US power curtailments. Recent claims of a major ...

A solo bitcoin miner was charged by the SEC for misappropriating $48.5 million from investors by selling bogus mining hosting agreements that promised passive income. The U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8 is the latest crypto infrastructure company to lock in large-scale, Google-backed financing, as miners increasingly pivot toward artificial intelligence data centers to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Bitcoin mining looks like a heavy industrial process—rows ...

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Hut 8 (HUT.O), opens new tab has signed a deal valued at about $7 billion to lease a data center in Louisiana, it said on Wednesday, as former cryptocurrency miners pivot to meet ...