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Higher Bitcoin Prices Create Resurrection Of Old Mining Rigs, Outdated Miners See New Life

The price of bitcoin has dipped a hair in value this past week, but the crypto asset is still up 14.4% over the course of the last month. Statistics show…

Bitcoin Miners May Face Major Semiconductor Shortage — Sub-16 Nanometer Chip Costs To Rise By 20%

Fears of a major semiconductor chip shortage have started to make headlines again as the chips power nearly everything from new cars, phones, computers, and a myriad of other items.…

Chinese Mining Exodus Leads To ASIC And GPU Second-Market Surplus And Lower Prices

While bitcoin miners in China have been scrambling, second-hand markets offering cryptocurrency mining rigs from ASICs to GPUs have been exploding with an excess surplus. Additionally, the ASIC manufacturer Bitmain…

After Years Of ASIC Manufacturing Canaan Expands To Bitcoin Mining In Kazakhstan

Canaan Inc., the crypto mining rig manufacturer based in Beijing, has announced the company plans to mine cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan. The company says that the firm’s next-generation Avalonminer mining rigs…

BTC Mining Devices ‘Out Of Stock’ Worldwide- 6 Chinese Mining Rig Makers Dominate The ASIC Industry In 2021

While bitcoin prices have slid in value and the high network difficulty, the leading crypto asset is still quite profitable to mine according to current data. Despite the profitability, these…

Report: ASIC Giant Bitmain Pre-Orders 5nm Chips Produced By TSMC’s N5 Process

Bitmain, one of the largest application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) manufacturers in the world, is reportedly working with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in order to leverage TSMC’s 5nm semiconductors.…