Eliza Gkritsi

Eliza Gkritsi is a CoinDesk contributor focused on the intersection of crypto and AI, having previously covered mining for two years. She previously worked at TechNode in Shanghai and has graduated from the London School of Economics, Fudan University, and the University of York. She owns 25 WLD. She tweets as @egreechee.

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Policy

Coinmint Sues California Chipmaker for $23M, Alleging ‘Elaborate Deception’

The mining firm, which has been embroiled in several legal battles, describes an elaborate fraud scheme for a $150 million contract.

Coinmint's 10-megawatt facility in Skyway Plaza. (CoinDesk/Fran Velasquez)

Finance

USBTC Aims to Become Bitcoin Mining Giant After Deal to Buy Celsius Assets

The miner could get as much as $75 million in management fees for the Celsius mining rigs over five years.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Nvidia's Blockbuster Outlook Reminds Bitcoin Miners to Give AI a Look

Some BTC miners might find non-mining AI applications too tantalizing to pass up.

Mining rig (Getty Images)

Finance

Hong Kong Asset Manager Metalpha Secures $5M from Bitmain for Grayscale-Based Fund

Bitmain is the world's largest manufacturer of crypto mining rigs.

(Ruslan Bardash/Unsplash)

Policy

Black Market for Worldcoin Credentials Pops Up in China

The startup is looking to create a global blockchain-based identification system using iris scans.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Non-Profit Organization Energy Web Starts Sustainability Registry for Bitcoin Miners

Miners will be scored based on their use of clean energy and grid impact.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Policy

Upstream Data Sues Crusoe Energy Over Waste Gas Mining Patent

The case involves two companies who aim to power mining rigs through the excess natural gas that comes as a result of oil well drilling.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Rig Maker MicroBT Unveils Most Powerful Machine Yet

The Chinese rig maker's new model can deliver 320 TH/s, outperforming competitor Bitmain's equivalent machine lineup.

Zuoxing Yang, Founder and CEO of MicroBT (MicroBT/Twitter)

Finance

Climate Finance Firm Solid World Opens Forward Carbon Liquidity Pools With Polygon

The pool will enable the purchase of mangrove-based carbon credits.

Mangroves can store four times as much carbon as other ainforests, according to the WWF. (Jonathan Wilkins/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

U.S. Bitcoin Corp to Host 150K Crypto Mining Rigs

The contracts are the latest in a series of moves indicating the mining industry is getting back on its feet.

U.S. Bitcoin Corp's Buffalo Ave. site (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)