Colin Harper, Blockspace Media

Colin writes about Bitcoin. Formerly, he worked at CoinDesk as a tech reporter and Luxor Technology Corp. as head of research. Now, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Blockspace Media, and he also freelances for CoinDesk, Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine. He holds bitcoin.

Colin Harper, Blockspace Media

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ePIC Blockchain Raises $7.5M to Manufacture ASIC Crypto Miners in North America

North America has miners and an abundance of energy but it's lacking one ingredient for a true mining boom: an ASIC manufacturer close to home.

Bringing ASIC manufacturing to North America will reduce supply chain bottlenecks.

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Integrated Ventures Set to Buy $35M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Equipment

Yet another U.S. mining firm is ramping up its bitcoin hashrate.

Bitcoin mining equipment

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US Bitcoin Mining Venture Raises $14M for All-Renewable Energy Mining

Gryphon is launching its all-renewables mining venture at a time when bitcoin – and scrutiny over its energy consumption – are at all-time highs.

Hydroelectric energy is widely used as a source of clean power for mining.

Technology

Apifiny Exchange Network Will Mine Bitcoin to Improve Liquidity Channels

The trading firm said mining bitcoin itself would help improve liquidity options for its client exchanges.

Apifiny sees bitcoin mining as a source of better liquidity.

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Nvidia Revenue Outpaces Q1 Forecasts, Partly Driven by Crypto Chip Demand

The revenue for its crypto-specific GPUs is three times the company's projections.

GPUs set up for cryptocurrency mining.

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Canaan Plunges as Inventory Issues Slashed Q4 Bitcoin Mining Machine Sales

Despite bull-market-driven demand for the company’s bitcoin mining machines, Canaan’s Q4 revenue plummeted due to COVID-related supply chain issues.

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Signal Founder May Have Been More Than a Tech Adviser to MobileCoin

Moxie Marlinspike founded Signal and is on record as being an adviser to MobileCoin. An old white paper suggests his involvement in the latter may be more complicated.

Conflicting documents raise questions about the Signal CEO's early involvement in Mobilecoin.

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Blockcap Opens Texas HQ, Plans to Put 32K New ASICs Online Over the Year

Texas is quickly becoming a major hub for American mining.

Austin texas

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Kraken's First Brink Grant Goes to Bitcoin Rust Developer

Last year was a watershed year for open-source Bitcoin grants; 2021 is on track to outmatch it.

Kraken dev grant

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PayPal Co-Founder, Bitcoin Investor Thiel Says Bitcoin Could Be Chinese 'Weapon’

With bitcoin back in the spotlight, so are old fears that China may be at the reins.

Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir Technologies.