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Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps an All-Time High, Next-Gen Machine Deployment Could Push it Much Higher
Bitcoin’s hashrate has once again reached an all-time high (ATH) this year, as the network’s processing power reached 275.01 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 2, 2022. The recent ATH follows a significant difficulty jump on…
Illegal Use of Cryptocurrency Largely a Myth, Russian Lawmaker Says
Only a small share of cryptocurrency transactions have illicit purposes and the use of digital coins in illegal activities is for the most part a myth, a high-ranking Russian lawmaker has recently stated. Andrey Lugovoy, who is one of the…
Riot Blockchain Is Constructing a 1 GW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Navarro County, Texas
The publicly listed bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain has announced the company has started development on a 1 gigawatt (GW) bitcoin mining facility in Navarro County, Texas. The development of 400 megawatts (MW) of capacity has been initiated…
Mining Report Shows Bitcoin’s Electricity Consumption Decreased by 25% in Q1 2022
At the end of May last year, Tesla’s Elon Musk convinced bitcoin industry leaders to form a Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) and in mid-July, the BMC launched its public services and website. On April 25, 2022, the organization published…
Jack Dorsey Muses on Social Media ‘Takeover,’ Ethereum Weaknesses; Plus the Latest in Crypto Mining…
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ponders Ethereum’s “single points of failure” and whether one man should be able to control an entire social media network, while Bitcoin.com News gives you the latest scoop in the world…
US Sanctions Bitriver, Targets Russia’s Crypto Mining Potential
In an attempt to deny Russia opportunities to evade sanctions through cryptocurrencies, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned leading Russian mining firm Bitriver. The move comes amid concerns that Moscow may use the minting of…
Today’s Top Ethereum and Bitcoin Mining Devices Continue to Rake in Profits
As the crypto economy hovers just under $2 trillion in value, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining devices are making decent profits. While ASIC miners can still mine ethereum, a 1.5 gigahash (GH/s) Ethash mining device can…
Brazilian Congress Aims to Pass Unified Crypto Framework in Coming Months
The Brazilian Congress is trying to approve a cryptocurrency legal framework before the end of Q2. According to reports from local media, The proponents of the different law projects presented in the Senate and the Congress have stated they…
Kazakhstan to Increase Tax for Miners, Considers Tying Levy to Crypto Prices
The government of Kazakhstan is preparing to increase the tax burden for cryptocurrency miners and intends to tie the new rate to the value of the minted cryptocurrency. The authorities in Nur-Sultan believe that such an approach would have…
Russian Finance Ministry Amends Bill ‘On Digital Currency,’ Adds Crypto Mining Provisions
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has revised a draft law designed to regulate the country’s crypto space, introducing provisions for cryptocurrency mining. The bill has been resubmitted to the government and may be…
