In a short press release published over the weekend, bitcoin mining hardware maker BitFury announced the launch of a new venture capital fund to provide cryptocurrency startups with much-needed seed money. Dubbed BitFury Capital, the fund will “accelerate other parts of the [bitcoin] ecosystem through strategic partnerships, and expansion into adjacent business opportunities.” In addition […]

Industrial bitcoin mining company BitFury announced today that it has moved 1.5 petahash from the GHash.io pool following widespread concerns of hashrate centralization and growing fears about the potential of a 51% attack. The company maintains two high-powered mining facilities in Iceland and Finland, taking advantage of those countries extremely low energy costs. Should the […]

San Francisco-based bitcoin mining hardware maker BitFury announced today that it had secured a new round of financing worth $20 million dollars. Investors in the new round included Binary Financial, Crypto Currency Partners, Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCF), Queensbridge Venture Partners and ZAD Investment Company. Angel investors Bill Tai and Jonathan Teo were also involved in […]