Economic implications of big block Bitcoin
The current innovation of ASIC miners to make hashing as powerful as possible while efficient as possible is not accounting for a scenario of fee income rising.
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Australian watchdog tough new rules could wipe out ‘crypto’ influencers
The ASIC has released a new information sheet that restricts the kind of information that influencers can distribute, and it could wipe out an entire industry.
ASIC maker Canaan sues chip developer Highsharp over patent infringement
Canaan wants $14 million from China’s Highsharp, a chip developer which has partnered with AGM Holdings, the newest entrant in the ASIC market.
Australia regulator shuts down $19M digital currency scam
ASIC has obtained court orders to shut down A One Multi Services, which it claims engaged in fraud and cashed out some of the funds into digital currencies.
TAAL reveals expansion of hardware fleet
The purchase aligns with TAAL's strategic goals to increase its transaction processing capacity to meet the demands of enterprise customers adopting blockchain technology.
Bitmain sues rival MicroBT for second time
Bitmain originally sued MicroBT and its CEO Yang Zuoxing in 2017 for infringing a patent that Bitmain was awarded for its technology used in designing an ASIC for Bitcoin mining.
500.com dives deeper into blockchain sector with Bee Computing buy
China-based online lottery company 500.com continued its foray into the blockchain sector by acquiring ASIC mining machine manufacturer Bee Computing.
Bitfarms signals massive hardware expansion with MicroBT ASIC miners purchase
The first shipment would take place in January 2022, and will be followed by monthly shipments with the last batch of mining rigs scheduled to arrive by December 2022.
Record number of ASIC miners imported into Russia: report
An unidentified client for BitRiver has recently shipped roughly 20,000 ASIC miners into the firm’s block reward mining facility in Siberia.
Samsung considering $10 billion chip manufacturing plant in Texas
The South Korea tech giant is reportedly looking at investing upwards of $10 billion to build its most cutting edge logic chip producing plant in the United States.
Marathon Patent Group completes $200M capital raise
The company plans to use the proceeds from this recent capital raise to pay for the ASIC miners it ordered from Bitmain Technologies Inc.
Canaan releases new next-gen ASIC miner
The hardware manufacturer designed the Avalon Immersion Cooling Miner A1066I to be noiseless and eco-friendly.