Tag #Bitcoin Mining
6 stories30.08
Luke Dashjr leaves Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN weeks after its miners rejected his Bitcoin fork
Luke Dashjr is leaving Ocean, the Bitcoin mining pool he co-founded, weeks after most of the hashpower shown on its fork-specific endpoints sided against BIP-110.
13.08
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms sold nearly 4x what it mined in Q2 to fund AI push
Riot Platforms sold more than 5,880 BTC after mining roughly 1,590 during the quarter as it tapped its treasury to fund its data center expansion for AI.
09.08
Even miners at Luke Dashjr's own OCEAN pool are rejecting his Bitcoin fork
Luke Dashjr loudly backed BIP-110, but after it split Bitcoin, roughly 94% of OCEAN's fork-specific hashpower was mining the other chain.
03.08
Eric Trump's American Bitcoin grows its reserve 14%. Nearly 39% remains restricted
American Bitcoin holds 8,002 BTC, although nearly 39% is pledged under agreements to buy mining machines.
29.07
Russian Bitcoin mining giant BitRiver's founder jailed in $8M fraud case
Russia detained the founder of a Bitcoin mining giant that once controlled over half its market and seized company stakes over alleged billion-ruble fraud.
10.07
"I want to get as much power as I can." Galaxy Digital first bought a Bitcoin mine. Novogratz now wants it to become an AI landlord
Galaxy Digital bought Helios for Bitcoin mining in 2022. Four years later, Mike Novogratz is trying to turn the Texas site into a rent machine for the AI boom.