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Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger in Talks to Raise Additional $100M: Report
1.8.2022
Hardware wallet maker Ledger is seeking an additional $100 million in investment following its mammoth $380 million Series C funding last year, Bloomberg reported Monday
Bitfarms Adds 18 MW of Capacity to ‘The Bunker’ — Miner’s Daily Production Taps 16.8 BTC per Day
29.7.2022
On July 28, the bitcoin mining company Bitfarms announced the completion of the second phase of its facility expansion, by adding roughly 18 megawatts (MW) of capacity to the operation. The mining facility dubbed “The Bunker,” now has approximately 3.8 exahash per second (EH/s), after...
Foundry Digital Launches Logistics Arm to Advance Standards in the Cryptocurrency Mining Industry
28.7.2022
On Thursday, Foundry Digital LLC, the mining company and subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), announced the launch of Foundry Logistics in order to advance standards in the cryptocurrency mining industry. The newly launched arm of the company plans to “bridge the gap between hardware...
Crypto user who lost $163M in Bitcoin wants to deploy robot search party: Report
25.7.2022
Bitcoiner James Howells planned to speak with the Newport City Council in the coming weeks on a proposal to find his hard drive discarded in a landfill nine years ago
Hardware wallet industry to outstrip crypto exchanges: Report
21.7.2022
Global crypto exchange revenue is estimated to grow at a 13% CAGR by 2028, while the hardware wallet market is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 27% by 2027
Masked Men Rob Large Crypto Mining Farm Near Moscow
21.7.2022
Armed robbers have plundered a large crypto mining facility not far from the Russian capital, local media reported. The unidentified perpetrators stole dozens of video cards in the latest incident involving theft of coin minting hardware, which has been on the rise in Russia. Unknown Attackers...
Drake Gets $8000 Gaming PC Just To Gamble In A Browser
14.7.2022
While you’d all be aware that celebrities, despite their wealth, are given expensive shit for free all the time, today we’re going to take a look at one gift in particular. Partly because it’s a gaming PC, but also because we kinda have the receipt for it as well.Read more
Bitcoin miner prices will continue to fall, F2Pool exec predicts
12.7.2022
The majority of big crypto mining firms have sold their self-mined Bitcoin, while a few firms like Marathon, Hut 8 and Hive still hold on
Global GPU price drops to compensate for falling Bitcoin mining revenue
9.7.2022
The meteoric drop in GPU prices opened up a small window of opportunity for small-time miners to procure a piece of more powerful and efficient mining equipment
Demand for Hardware Crypto Wallets Increases Amid Currency Restrictions in Russia
7.7.2022
Hardware wallets designed to securely store cryptocurrency have seen a several-fold increase this spring in Russia, on the backdrop of currency restrictions introduced amid foreign sanctions. Ledger and Tangem have been the most popular products on the market, a media report revealed. Russians...
Hardware crypto wallet sales increase as centralized exchanges scramble
6.7.2022
Hardware wallet providers are seeing increases in revenue in this bear market as crypto investors withdraw assets off centralized exchanges
Meta to Slow Hiring in 2022, Hints at Layoffs After Metaverse Pivot
6.7.2022
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is preparing to face a strong market downturn. According to reports, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a change in the hiring policies of the company, lowering the number of engineers planned to be hired from 10K to 6-7K. Previously, Zuckerberg...
Alkemi Earn integration brings DeFi lending to 1.5M Ledger users
29.6.2022
The objective of the Ledger project is to provide consumers with a way to purchase and use digital assets without giving up control to third-party platforms or systems
Tencent Launches Extended Reality Unit to Tackle the Metaverse Market
27.6.2022
Tencent, the Chinese technology and entertainment giant, announced the creation of its own metaverse-driven division. The division, named the extended reality unit, will be the one tasked with encompassing all metaverse-driven efforts, including hardware and software developments. According...
Hardware Worth $1.9 Million Stolen in Russia’s Crypto Mining Capital
25.6.2022
Russian law enforcement is looking into the alleged theft of mining hardware valued at around $1.9 million. The powerful computing equipment disappeared from a crypto mining hotel in Irkutsk, the owners of which have been accused of large scale fraud. 100 Russians Lose Mining Machines Worth...
Crypto Miners Are Dumping Tons Of GPUs, So Maybe You Can Finally Get One
23.6.2022
The crypto market is continuing to fall, which has led a ton of miners to exit the market or to downscale their operations, thus finding themselves in possession of valuable computer components that they now no longer need. Some such miners, many from China and South Asia (where electricity...
NFT, DeFi and crypto hacks abound — Here’s how to double up on wallet security
22.6.2022
Falling prey to a fraudulent link can be devastating to one’s personal investment portfolio. Here are three ways a hard wallet can protect you
Binance Reveals Incident That Forced It to Freeze BTC Withdrawals
14.6.2022
In a post-mortem issued shortly after it lifted the freeze on bitcoin withdrawals, Binance has identified the “repairing of several minor hardware failures on wallet consolidation” as the incident that ultimately forced it to pause withdrawals. To fix the problem and to stop this from...
What happens if you lose or break your hardware crypto wallet?
14.6.2022
The safety of the recovery phrase is way more important than keeping the hardware wallet safe, according to executives at Ledger and Trezor
Report: Microsoft Kinect Creator Resigns After Being Accused Of Watching ‘VR Porn’ At Work
9.6.2022
Alex Kipman, a longtime Microsoft executive, is leaving the company after 21 years due to numerous misconduct allegations, Insider reports. The accusations include inappropriately touching female employees and watching what one witness described as “VR porn” at work.Read more