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The man who escaped custody in Iceland and got on a passenger plane that was carrying the country’s prime minister says he ‘will be back soon.’ Sindri Thor Stefansson was being detained for his suspected role as the mastermind behind the February theft of 600 cryptocurrency mining rigs,...
The key price point for Bitcoin mining profitability is $8,600, according to Morgan Stanley Equity Analyst Charlie Chan and his team. As per their simulation, if the coin can’t recover $8,600 soon, many Bitcoin miners will likely find it unprofitable to keep creating the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Mining Profitability As of...
Bitcoin mining is increasingly becoming an activity for big business as the complex calculations needed to generate the virtual currency require industrial-scale capabilities. As the mining industry matures, the expected consolidation is likely to oust ‘regular folks’ that use their personal computers. Large Cryptocurrency Miners Are Taking Over...
Demand for computer components has skyrocketed with the surge of cryptocurrency mining, with prices more than doubling the past 12 months in some cases as suppliers are struggling to build enough capacity to meet the needs of the emerging market. Prices of PC Components Skyrocket Due to Bitcoin...
An Australian power company have signed a contract with a cryptocurrency mining firm to provide them with cheap off-grid power. The IOT Group will be building a digital currency mining hub that’s actually inside a disused coal-fired power station in the Hunter Valley region. Off Grid Power Will...
Cryptocurrency mining will always remain a peculiar industry. A lot of people make good money from it, even though there’s also a degree of centralization involved. The quest for cheap electricity is far from over in this industry, though. It now seems Norway and Sweden are entering that...
A bogus startup offering 8% weekly returns on cryptocurrency and medical marijuana was hit by the Texas State Securities Board yesterday, in another move by against crypto-related financial crimes by U.S. regulators. The Board filed a cease-and-desist order (CDO) against Mark Moncher for allegedly trying to sell unregistered...
The cryptocurrency Verge — which prides itself on “security/anonymity/privacy” — was hacked yesterday. In a short period of time, the attacker made off with around 250,000 coins. The hack was discovered by “ocminer,” a poster on Bitcointalk forums, yesterday afternoon. According to ocminer, the attacker took advantage of “several bugs”...
According to a leaked presentation slide, ASRock will soon release four new mining GPUs. The news comes just a week after the American motherboard manufacturer published details of a new range of gaming graphics cards. ASRock Comes Into the Crypto Space Swinging Early last month, DigiTimes reported on...
Following reports in March, Chinese mining rig manufacturer Bitmain has officially announced the release of the Antminer E3, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) engineered for mining Ethereum. These new ASIC miners should alleviate some of the pressure that the graphics processing unit (GPU) market currently faces, but...
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