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Reading Time: 2 minutes The price of graphics in China has dropped substantially since the government stepped up its efforts to ban cryptocurrency mining Some cards have seen 65% reductions compared to recent weeks Graphics cards are used to mine a number of...

Bitcoin mining firm Genesis Digital Assets has purchased an additional 10,000 Bitcoin miners from the ASIC machine manufacturer Canaan. By the end of the month, Canaan plans to complete the order of 10,000 A1246 and A1166 Pro Avalonminers. The move isn't the first time the two companies have dealt with each other. Earlier this year, Genesis Digital Assets bought $93.6 million worth of...

After being missing last year due to Coronavirus, E3 is finally back. And it's no surprise that the event brings with itself news related to gaming, blockchain and crypto. This article will shed light on every movement related to cryptocurrency and NFTs around the E3 2021 event. First up is the NFT- powered game, Blankos Block Party. Blankos Block...

Some interesting developments took place in the crypto space today. Bitcoin is currently up 4.2% and is trading at $37,581.20. Ethereum is also up 0.5% over the last 24 hours; trading at $2,443.87. Let’s examine some of the top crypto news stories for the day. 1 – Thailand Regulators Ban Meme Coins, Fan Tokens &...

Reading Time: 2 minutes Graphics card reviewers have finally been able to test Nvidia’s crypto mining throttling mechanism on their newest graphics cards The RTX 3060, RTX 3070, and RTX 3080 ranges have a built in the hashrate cap Early previews show the cap working...

As Ethereum’s transition to EIP-1559 and Ethereum 2.0 loom ever closer, discussions over the future of GPU mining have swept over the crypto mining community. If EIP-1559 fails to bring down Ethereum’s obscenely high transaction costs and thus drive Ethereum mining obsolete, the shift to proof- of-stake certainly will. While these thoughts are a dime a dozen these days, graphics card...

The company sold $155 million worth of crypto-specific chipsets in the quarter.

In an effort to address the ongoing silicon supply shortage and bloated GPU prices, hardware manufacturer Nvidia is set to reduce the hashrates on its latest GeForce graphics cards to disincentivize miners. In an announcement yesterday, the California-based company said that its latest graphics cards, which are set to begin shipping in late May, will feature far lower hash rates....

Reading Time: 2 minutes AMD may be taking on Nvidia in the race to create a cryptocurrency mining chip Details of a new AMD Navi 12 GPU chip suggest that the graphics element is missing, suggesting a crypto mining chip is in the works Nvidia announced their CMP crypto...

MicroStrategy shares skyrocketed alongside the parabolic Bitcoin rally as investors rushed to gain exposure to the trending cryptocurrency any way they could. Banking on this demand, JP Morgan is planning to introduce a new investment product that is a basket of companies with some type of cryptocurrency market exposure. Here's a deeper look at what this new investment product from JP Morgan could...

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nvidia has won a lawsuit filed in 2019 relating to its relationship with the cryptocurrency markets Company directors were accused of lying about the reliance on sales to the crypto market to the bottom line Nvidia’s share price collapsed 50%...

Reading Time: 2 minutes Nvidia’s Ethereum mining lock on their new RTX 3060 graphics cards has been mocked by gamers Several gamers suggested on Reddit that the lock will be quickly overcome The gamers blame Nvidia for what they see as a token gesture The...

Reading Time: 2 minutes The new range of Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics cards will not be kind to Ethereum miners The new RTX 3060 card will halve the hash rate produced by the card if it detects Ethereum being mined on it Nvidia is making a CMP chip especially for...

Nvidia has announced a new GPU lineup designed specifically for mining the Ethereum cryptocurrency. CMP For Miners, GeForce For Gamers Nvidia has stated that its Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMPs) will be available in four variants: 30HX, 40HX, 50HX, and 90HX, with each number approximating...

Nvidia is also launching Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMP) specifically for Ethereum miners.

Images have surfaced on Twitter reportedly showing a crypto-mining operation using laptops fitted with high-end Nvidia RTX 30-series graphics cards.

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Selling dedicated crypto cards would alleviate pressure on Nvidia's consumer models.

Bitcoin soared past the $18,500 mark to set another yearly high reaching $18,936 late night on Friday. On its way to the new yearly high, the king coin also surpassed the $350 billion market capitalization, making it bigger than JP Morgan for a brief period of time. The price fell back to $18,600 levels soon The post Bitcoin's New Yearly High Makes it...