Bitcoin's new puzzle: How to ditch fossil fuels and go greenIn the world of bitcoin mining, access to cheap and reliable electricity is everything.
21 Apr, 2022, 01.21 PM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin continues to bleed; Terra gains 6%The global crypto market cap was flat at $1.97 trillion compared to the last day. The total crypto market volume tanked about 23 per cent t...
10 Jan, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Kosovo seizes hundreds of cryptocurrency mining devicesTensions between the Serb-majority area and the ethnic Albanian majority government are running high and Kosovo's government on Tuesday bro...
09 Jan, 2022, 09.39 AM IST
Exodus of cryptocurrency machines from ChinaChina mined two-thirds of the world's bitcoins in 2020; in other words, until last year, Chinese bitcoin mining accounted for around 65 per...
05 Sep, 2021, 10.42 AM IST
Crypto crackdown: Malaysian police steamroll Bitcoin machinesAuthorities on Borneo island discovered the machines, worth an estimated 5.3 million ringgit ($1.25 million), in crackdowns between Februar...
23 Jul, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Has a long winter set in for Bitcoin? Top analyst says it’s just bear marketIt is important to note that while China has banned Bitcoin mining, it has not banned holding or transaction of Bitcoin. Its own central ba...
15 Jul, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
Anhui becomes latest Chinese province to root out cryptocurrency miningAnhui will shut down all cryptomining projects in a cleanup aimed at reducing power consumption, as the province faces a "grave" supply sho...
14 Jul, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
China's Bitcoin crackdown sparks fears of dirtier cryptominingBitcoin's value tumbled last week after China's central bank urged banks and payment firms in the country to crack down harder on cryptocur...
29 Jun, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
China’s role in the 2021 cryptocurrency crashThe global cryptocurrency market has swayed to Elon Musk’s tweets this year, but China’s crypto crackdown threatens to halt the bitcoin bul...
25 Jun, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
China crypto mining ban triggers exodus, bitcoin rigs sell like scrapThe China crypto mining ban may see up to 90% of all mining in the country go offline, according to an estimate, paralysing an industry tha...
25 Jun, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
China's ban forces some Bitcoin miners to flee overseas, others sell out"Many miners are exiting the business to comply with government policies," said Mike Huang, operator of a cryptomining farm in the southwes...
25 Jun, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
China's Bitmain suspends sales of cryptomining machines after Beijing's mining banBitmain also said it is looking for "quality" power supplies overseas along with its clients, in places including the United States, Canada...
25 Jun, 2021, 08.49 AM IST
Crypto honchos see miners fleeing China as crackdown deepens“We’re seeing a lot of those miners moving out of China to other places,” Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance Holdings said in an interview ...
24 Jun, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
China's crypto crackdown speeds shift to central Asia, North America miningChina's central government vowed to clamp down on bitcoin mining and trading on Friday, causing some miners to halt all or part of their op...
26 May, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
Bitcoin to use 0.5 per cent of world's electricity by year endBitcoin's burgeoning electricity demands have attracted almost as much attention as the cryptocurrency's wildly fluctuating value.
17 May, 2018, 12.49 PM IST
Indian bizman set to launch ICO offer for Asian businessesThe pre-ICO launch will be on December 6, followed by a public crowd-sale from January 5, 2018.
10 Nov, 2017, 03.20 PM IST
Here is how Indian techies are minting a fortune in bitcoinsSeveral online vendors and individuals are investing in cryptocurrency mining rigs.
31 Aug, 2017, 10.55 AM IST