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Nasdaq-listed Iris Energy has bought 248 state of the art Nvidia H100 GPUs for $10 million as it looks to explore opportunities in generative AI in addition to its core business focus on Bitcoin mining. The firm expects to receive delivery of the 248 GPUs in the coming months and plans to deploy the hardware

Bitcoin mining company Canaan announced its unaudited financial results for Q2 2023, showing growth in computing power sold and BTC mining revenues while it tackled a significant net loss of $110 million. up 31% on Q1. The NASDAQ-listed company outlined a variety of reasons influencing increased revenues and a significant headwind that included an inventory

The first-ever spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched on the European market has been classed as an Article 8 fund by its issuer firm, London-based Jacobi Asset Management. Funds included under Article 8 of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SDFR) are those that “promote environmental and/or social characteristics.”  On Aug. 29, Bloomberg reported that

The mining company, which has been one of a number of firms to struggle amid negative market conditions and a highly-competitive mining ecosystem, reported half year net losses of $18.8 million in 2023, down over 50% from a net loss of $39.6 million in H1 2022. Argo also notes that it has reduced its debt

Digital Currency Group (DCG), a major venture capital firm in the cryptocurrency industry, has reached an in-principle agreement with creditors of its crypto lending subsidiary, Genesis. According to a court filing published on Aug. 29, the estimated USD equivalent recoveries could account for 70% to 90% for unsecured creditors, should the amended plan be consummated.

The next Bitcoin halving event is less than 9 months away and the consensus opinion among analysts and investors is that the halving will send BTC price to a new all time high or even above $100,000.  Despite this belief, the absence of fresh inflow to the crypto market, the current macroeconomic headwinds and BTC’s

Bitcoin (BTC) recovered its weekly close losses on Aug. 28 as risk assets rose on Chinese tax cuts. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price 200-week EMA stands out as support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a BTC price uptick into the day’s Wall Street open. BTC/USD managed $26,226, marking its highest

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week struggling with $26,000 as August becomes its worst month of 2023. BTC price strength remains dubious after a snap crash 10 days ago, with bulls unable to wrestle back control of the market to provide a relief bounce. The outlook is similarly uncertain, with September traditionally a poorly performing

Laos state-owned electricity distribution company Électricité du Laos (EDL) has announced that it will suspend electricity supply to crypto mining operations in the country, citing various reasons such as the struggle to generate enough power amid drought conditions. According to the announcement, Laos experienced drought in the first half of 2023. The extreme heat resulted

Bitcoin mining revenue or “hash price” — a measure of dollars earned per TH/s per day — has slumped to levels not seen since the collapse of FTX in November 2022, while hash rate has reached new highs.  Over the past week, Bitcoin network hash rate topped 414 exahashes per second (EH/s) on Aug. 18

Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT), recently found himself addressing rumors about images of large industrial containers online. These speculations led him to rejecting questions about where Tether is mining Bitcoin (BTC).  On Aug. 26, in a post published on X (formerly known as Twitter), Ardoino shed light on the curiosity sparked by the photo

The cryptocurrency market’s recent downtrend appears to be coming to an end, as JPMorgan’s latest research suggests that most long-position liquidations have been completed. According to a Bloomberg report, analysts for the American bank estimate that the liquidations are “largely behind us.” The prediction is based on the open interest in Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts

Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain activity is at levels last seen before its run to 2021 all-time highs, data shows. In an X (formerly Twitter) post on Aug. 25, Ki Young Ju, CEO of analytics platform CryptoQuant, revealed multiyear lows in Bitcoin velocity. Bitcoin supply stagnates at $26,000 Bitcoin is becoming increasingly static at current price levels

Crypto asset management company Hashdex has joined the competition for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. The firm has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a Bitcoin futures ETF that will hold spot Bitcoin.  ETFs are investment funds that trade on a stock market,

In a swift and intriguing turn of events, a previously enigmatic Bitcoin (BTC) address managed to catapult itself to the esteemed position of the third-largest holder of BTC. As reported by Cointelegraph on Aug. 22, the address in question accumulated a staggering 118,000 BTC. While its identity has now been attributed to Robinhood, questions still

On the latest episode of Macro Markets, Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman explains why United States consumption remains strong while auto-loan and credit card balance delinquency is accelerating. According to Pechman, consumers built a cushion of extra cash savings as the U.S. government injected money to avoid a recession and temporarily forgave student loan repayments. But, according

Bitcoin (BTC) is “much more likely” to stay rangebound until at least Q4, 2023, according to longtime market participant Filbfilb. In an X thread on Aug. 25, the popular analyst and co-founder of trading suite Decentrader told readers to expect flat BTC price action into year end. Filbfilb: BTC price approaching “critical time” Bitcoin may

There are some passions that are larger than life, some so expansive that they cover the seven seas. For Rémi, a captain from Brussels, this is the case.  Rémi discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in early 2021 and has been on a mission to combine this with his longtime love of sailing. Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall met

As XRP (XRP) struggles to maintain upward momentum following Judge Analisa Torres’ summary judgement in the United States Securities Exchange Commission v. Ripple Labs case that XRP isn’t a security, investors appear to be selling off their holdings. Adding to this, a significant whale has moved 29 million XRP, valued at over $15 million, to a

Peer-to-peer Bitcoin (P2P) marketplaces remain an important cog in allowing users to move money across borders, but their future depends on becoming permissionless and unstoppable according to Paxful’s Ray Youssef. Youssef, alongside Nicolas Gregory and Antoine Riard, is driving the development of CivKit, a P2P marketplace that will leverage the technology of Nostr and the