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Bitcoin Price Surged 20% During the Past Week, GPU Mining Remains Dead
By Mark Tyson published
The valuation of BTC cryptocurrency spiked above $35,000 today, propelled by hopes that the SEC would green-flag ETF investments, but GPU mining is still a long way from being viable.

Bitcoin-Mining Chipmaker Bitmain Halts Payments to Employees
By Anton Shilov published
Bitmain faces financial challenges, pauses payments to employees.

WorldCoin Attracts 2 Million Users, Hundreds Line-up To Stare at the Orb
By Francisco Pires published
Proof of Personhood can also net you a $50 return and promise you an anonymized world identity ID, there may be reasons to accept.

Cryptomining Booms in Russia Despite US Sanctions
By Anton Shilov published
Bitmain and MicroBT expanding their shipments to Russia as U.S. market gets saturate.

Samsung's First 3nm GAA Chip Found in Cryptominer
By Anton Shilov published
China-based MicroBT uses Samsung's 3 nm process technology for the Whatsminer M56S++ mining ASIC.

Key to Crypto: Memristor Made by Inkjet Printer Unlocks True Random Number Generators
By Francisco Pires published
KAUST engineers have found a way to create a True Random Number Generator (TRNG) in a printable, inkjet form that promises groundbreaking energy efficiency.
Cryptominers Repurpose GPU Farms Amid AI Hardware Shortage
By Mark Tyson published
Some GPU cryptomining outfits, having survived a bleak winter of discontent, have started to grasp AI acceleration opportunities.

U.S. Bitcoin Mining Consumed 50 Billion kWh of Energy in 2022
By Francisco Pires published
The White House's recently-published DAME tax proposal report brings to light estimates showing that national Bitcoin mining consumed more power than all of the United State's computers combined.
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