Even though it has only been on the market for a matter of weeks, Halong Mining’s DragonMint T1 is quickly establishing itself as a viable rival to Bitmain’s near-ubiquitous Antminer S9 bitcoin miner. Both miners offer a similar level of performance and efficiency — the T1 having a slight edge over the S9 on most […]

After months of rumor and speculation, Taiwan-based motherboard maker ASRock has confirmed plans to release four new GPUs designed for cryptocurrency mining. CoinDesk revealed the news earlier today, citing conversations with an unnamed ASRock America employee. All four of the new GPUs are modified versions of AMD’s “Phantom Gaming X” Radeon RX 570 series cards, […]

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 […]