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Chip Giant Intel Abandons Bitcoin ASIC Production

Chip Giant Intel Abandons Bitcoin ASIC ProductionAfter announcing the production of bitcoin application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, appears to be abandoning its blockchain chip production. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the chip manufacturer explained that Intel has “end-of-lifed the Intel Blockscale 1000 Series ASIC.” Intel Spokesperson Discloses Company Has End-of-Lifed the Blockscale 1000 […]

Egyptian Fintech Startup Secures $3.5M in Seed Funding Round

US Lawmakers Press Bitcoin Mining Firms on Energy Usage, Carbon Emissions, Climate Crisis

US Lawmakers Press Bitcoin Mining Firms on Energy Usage, Carbon Emissions, Climate CrisisEight U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sent letters to top U.S.-based bitcoin mining firms questioning them about their crypto mining operations. “The extraordinarily high energy usage and carbon emissions associated with bitcoin mining could undermine our hard work to tackle the climate crisis — not to mention the harmful impacts cryptomining has on […]

Egyptian Fintech Startup Secures $3.5M in Seed Funding Round