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Intel says its new crypto chip is designed to be energy-efficient
- February 16, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
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Intel is investing in blockchain technology with a new chip designed to mine cryptocurrency (via Reuters). The company is focusing on sustainability, and plans on “developing the most energy-efficient computing technologies at scale.”
Intel’s first crypto-focused chip, which it calls a “blockchain accelerator” is set to ship later this year. Two companies have already preordered the technology, including Bitcoin mining company GRIID Infrastructures and Block, the Jack Dorsey-owned fintech company formerly known as Square.…
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These 23 year-old Texans made $4 million last year mining bitcoin off flare gas from oil drilling
- February 12, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Cryptocurrency
Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh are mining bitcoin off flare gas from oil drilling.
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What Is a Cryptocurrency Mining Motherboard?
- February 11, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency mining motherboard is a specialized piece of computer hardware used to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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New Valkyrie Fund Targets Bitcoin Mining Industry
- February 10, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
Valkyrie Funds LLC, an emerging investment manager focused on the digital asset class, announced the launch of the Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI), an actively managed ETF available through Nasdaq that invests in public companies in the bitcoin mining industry. Companies are screened based on their usage of renewable energy.
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Cryptocurrency industry fights proposed NY moratorium. Here is what’s at stake.
- January 30, 2022
- Posted by: MasterAdmin
- Category: Altcoins
ALBANY, N.Y – New York is a burgeoning industry for Bitcoin due to its cheap energy and shuttered coal plants. But environmentalists and key state lawmakers are not bullish on its future.
In fact, they want to ban it.
Lawmakers in New York who head powerful energy committees are pushing for a three-year moratorium on permits for power plants that burn fossil fuels to mine Bitcoin, a measure that would be the first of its kind in the nation and may be a precursor to regulatory actions by Congress.…
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