Market Wrap: Bitcoin Steadying Around $52K, Ether Surges on Rising Institutional Interest
Bitcoin and ether continue to rise, but that could create problems for overheated derivatives markets.
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Feb 18, 2021 at 9:37 p.m. UTC
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Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update
A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559.
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Jan 21, 2021 at 8:32 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Responsible for Recent Price Dips, Data Shows
Analysts and mining pools say selling pressure from mining wallets hasn't contributed to recent corrections in bitcoin's price.
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Jan 14, 2021 at 10:24 p.m. UTC
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Linzhi Begins Rollout of Long-Awaited Ethereum Miner 'Phoenix'
Linzhi’s “Phoenix” Ethereum ASIC miner is three times more powerful than other machines on the market, as well as more energy efficient.
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Dec 21, 2020 at 8:15 p.m. UTC
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Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade
Over 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate now supports the "uncontroversial" upgrade.
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Nov 19, 2020 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Hashrate Rebounds as Asian Miners Bring Machines Back Online
After moving machines out of Sichuan, miners are bringing ASICs back online.
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Nov 11, 2020 at 4:19 p.m. UTC
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Miners' Bitcoin Holdings Reach Two-Year High to Almost 2M
The recent upward trend began in September 2019.
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Aug 27, 2020 at 8:03 p.m. UTC
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How Bitcoin’s Price Slump Is Changing the Geography of Mining
Although China remains the leading region for bitcoin mining, the coronavirus downturn is changing the picture in other geographies.
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Mar 30, 2020 at 6:43 p.m. UTC
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600K Bitcoin Miners Shut Down in Last 2 Weeks, F2Pool Founder Estimates
Between 600,000 and 800,000 bitcoin miners have shut down since mid-November amid declines in price and hashrate across the network, F2pool's founder estimates.
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Nov 26, 2018 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
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F2Pool Reneges: Bitcoin Pool Pulls Segwit2x Support Over Hard Fork
Controversial scaling proposal, Segwit2x has lost Chinese mining pool, F2Pool's support over its timeline for a 2MB hard fork.
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Aug 31, 2017 at 7:15 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2017