Mining
Mining company Riot Platforms reported that the average cost of mining 1 BTC from July to October was $46,324. Riot Platforms is one of the largest US-based Bitcoin holders among mining companies. According to a Riot Platforms report, the cost of…
After nearly two years of lagging, mining stocks have begun to grow faster than Bitcoin itself for the first time. According to Ecoinometrics, their share price growth has significantly outpaced BTC since September 2025. The rapid growth of mining stocks isn't…
Nikolai Shulginov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Energy, plans to introduce bills to the State Duma increasing fines for violating mining requirements and establishing criminal liability for the theft of electricity during cryptocurrency mining. These amendments are to…
An unknown lone miner mined block #920,440 on the Bitcoin network and received 3.125 BTC plus a 0.016 BTC transa
The KuCoin exchange has launched the KuPool mining pool. The platform announced that Chris Zhu, co-founder of BTC.com (later renamed Clover Pool) and Poolin, is heading the project, according to RBC Crypto. KuPool currently supports mining cryptocurrencies using the Scrypt algorithm.…
In the Uysky District of Russia's Chelyabinsk Region, a criminal case has been opened against a kindergarten teacher for using electricity compensation to cover the costs of her family's mining farm. According to investigators, the woman had the right to receive…
In the village of Maidanskoye in the Untsukulsky District of Dagestan, employees of Rosseti North Caucasus, together with security forces, discovered and destroyed three cryptocurrency mining rigs. Power engineers reported that 103 units of equipment were seized. The largest farm, discovered…
According to calculations based on data from data center operator Intelion, mining profitability remained high in September despite increased network difficulty and a stronger ruble. Top-end ASIC miners have delivered over 50% annual returns for investors. We explore which devices were…
On October 1, following another recalculation, the mining difficulty of the first cryptocurrency reached 150.8 T. The indicator increased by 5.9%, setting a new all-time high. Difficulty has been increasing since mid-July. The inter-block interval has been consistently below 10 minutes,…
Rosseti North Caucasus specialists stated that 58 cases of illegal connections to power grids for cryptocurrency mining have been recorded in the Republic of Dagestan since the beginning of the year. This is the highest figure in the North Caucasus Federal…
The Russian Ministry of Energy does not expect new restrictions on cryptocurrency mining, said Andrey Maksimov, Director of the Ministry's Department of Electric Power Development. During his speech at the annual professional conference of the Energy Producers Council association, Maksimov emphasized…
Since the beginning of September, three cases of finding a Bitcoin block by single miners have become known. Each of them mined the cryptocurrency on equipment with different computing power, which means that each one’s chances were significantly different. A few…