The great hash rate plunge caused by an exodus of miners from China shows large scale Proof-of-Work mining facilities are vulnerable to regulation.
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Chinese hydropower plants on sale as crypto miners move abroad
Advertisements for small-scale hydro plants have reportedly surged on Chinese secondhand e-commerce platforms.
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Myriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday, many other digital assets have
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Jefferies’ Equity Strategist Expects Accommodating US Crypto Regulation Unlike China’s Authoritarian Model
The head of global equity strategy at Jefferies, an investment bank and asset management firm, says that cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S. would “ultimately be
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Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 35% Intraday — Mining Difficulty to Drop by 23%
Bitcoin’s hashrate experienced a large drop of almost 35% in a single day. The hashrate plummeted from 108 exahash per second (EH/s) yesterday to today’s
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Huobi Prohibits Chinese Residents From Leveraging Cryptocurrency Derivatives
The Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange originally founded in China, Huobi, has officially banned Chinese residents from swapping cryptocurrency derivatives, according to the company’s revised user agreement.
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