The bitcoin mining corporation Iris Energy, listed on the Nasdaq, has declared its entry into a cloud services partnership with the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Poolside AI. The collaboration with Poolside comes after Iris acquired 248 Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs) for $ 10 million in August 2023. Iris Energy Partners With Poolside …
On Saturday, the Bitcoin network experienced its first difficulty reduction of the year, witnessing a 3.9% decrease at block height 826,560. As a result, the network’s mining difficulty now stands at 70.34 trillion, with the next adjustment anticipated on Feb. 4, 2024. Bitcoin Difficulty Slips to 70.34 Trillion, Lightening Load for Miners Mining bitcoin (BTC), […]
Core Scientific has received the go-ahead from bankruptcy court for its reorganization, paving the way for the bitcoin mining giant to relist its shares on Nasdaq. Core Scientific Set for a Major Turnaround Core Scientific, Inc., a major bitcoin miner, is about to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a press release on their website, […]
Cleanspark, a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company, has announced that it will launch an in-house trading desk to maximize the return on its cryptocurrency holdings. Cleanspark CEO Zachary Bradford explained that organizing their trading desk made “financial sense,” given the high volume of Bitcoin reserves the company handles. Cleanspark Announces in-House Crypto Trading Desk Cleanspark is […]
In Izhevsk, Russia, a 23-year-old bitcoin miner was forcefully abducted from his residence as kidnappers demanded a ransom of 15 million rubles ($ 166,000). 23-Year-Old Russian Bitcoin Miner Kidnapped for Ransom On Dec. 25, in a rapid sequence of events, it was reported that the crypto miner was kidnapped and subjected to coercion. …