Concentrated bauxite and iron ore at the ore terminal in Yantai Port, Shandong, China, on Oct. 29, 2025, (Tang Ke / CFoto via AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Critical minerals are at the center of a ...

Bhutan is quietly unwinding one of the most unusual bitcoin experiments any government has ever run. The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred roughly 319.7 BTC worth $22.68 million to two addresses ...

Venezuela on Thursday threw open the country's vast mineral reserves to private investment, less than three months after rolling back state control over the oil sector, in line with US demands. The ...

A report in The New York Times said Blockstream CEO Adam Back is most likely the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Back, an early figure in the bitcoin community, denies he is ...

Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.

In 2024, mining companies invested $1.3 billion in exploration across Africa. While that figure increased last year, the gains were uneven across countries, according to a new report. Africa attracted ...

The 30-day simple moving average of the global network hashrate has also declined, though an analyst says the slump is due to Bitcoin prices hurting mining profitability rather than conflict. Iran’s ...

As the Bitcoin mining industry continues to evolve, soaring hash rates, shrinking profit margins, and rising energy costs have made traditional mining increasingly out of reach for individual users.

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