GPU miners trickery: Watch out for painted memory on used graphics cards
Sellers are trying to pass off discolored mining GPUs as new or "like new"
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Bitcoin has seen a resurgence this month, but is the crypto winter really thawing?
Here's what analysts think
Bitcoin price predictions for 2023: rally to $250,000 or crash to $5,000
Could BTC's price rise 1,400% over the next 12 months?
Forward-looking: To say 2022 was a rough time for crypto is an understatement. Following a long period of rising prices and delighted investors, last year saw the arrival of a crypto winter that brought Bitcoin's price crashing down, bankrupted companies, and wiped over $1 trillion off the market, and that's not even mentioning the collapse of FTX. But what will 2023 bring? Analysts' predictions vary wildly, from Bitcoin almost quadrupling its previous record high and reaching $250,000, to the digital coin crashing to $5,000, which would be its lowest price since 2019.
Microsoft bans cryptomining from its cloud services to protect customers
Only customers with written permission from Microsoft can mine
Authorities arrest Sam Bankman-Fried on FTX fraud and money laundering
What just happened? Investors taken to the cleaners by Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange will probably be pleased to hear that the man who admittedly made a lot of "mistakes" that cost them their money is in police custody today on fraud and money laundering charges. He was arrested last night in his Bahamian headquarters at the request of US officials.
Binance CEO reportedly accused Sam Bankman-Fried of trying to "depeg" stablecoin Tether
Desperate trades during the FTX collapse threatened to cause a "meltdown" of the entire crypto industry
Cryptominers unable to repay millions in loans are handing over their mining rigs instead
Rigs that have lost 85% of their value since last November
The crypto winter gets colder: more job losses, warnings of Bitcoin falling to $5,000 next year
Could BTC fall to its early 2020 price?
European Central Bank says "cumbersome, slow and expensive" Bitcoin is on "road to irrelevance"
Not the first time the ECB has rallied against crypto
Bahamas AG defends his investigation into SBF and FTX while pointing fingers at the rest of the world
But was anybody even listening? Less than 1,400 combined Facebook and YouTube views say "no"
Larry David and other celebrities named in FTX lawsuit
"Don't be like Larry"
What just happened? Remember all the outcry when Larry David appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for now-collapsed crypto exchange FTX? The comedian probably wishes he'd never took part in the ad, too, given that he's one of several celebrities named in a lawsuit against the platform's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Opinion: What is a technology company?
If we use a broad definition of technology, then everything is a technology company and that's a problem
FTX exchange collapses sending "seismic" shockwaves throughout the crypto industry
FTT falls from $25 to $2.50, while Bitcoin shed over $5,000 in valuation since last week
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius loses another exec as scrutiny over CEO intensifies
Co-founder Daniel Leon has followed CEO Alex Mashinsky out the door
In context: The bad news isn't alleviating for bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius. A week after CEO Alex Mashinsky resigned from the company, cofounder S. Daniel Leon has now quit as chief strategy officer. Mashinsky is also dealing with revelations that he withdrew $10 million from the lender weeks before it froze customer accounts.
Kim Kardashian agrees to pay $1.26 million settlement for crypto promotion post
Kardashian has a net worth of $1.8 billion
"Refurbishing" process for these crypto miners is to blast GPUs with a pressure washer
There has to be a better way
GPU Mining Is Dead, Where Are My Cheap GPUs?
Let's talk GPU prices and this month's update is very interesting because of two key factors: the first, Nvidia just launched new GeForce 40 series graphics cards; and second, GPU mining is now dead.
Ethereum finally switches to proof-of-stake, ending GPU mining
Better late than never
Arrest warrant issued for man blamed for the crypto winter
He may also be forced to return to South Korea
Cryptocurrency market dips below $1 trillion as Bitcoin nears its lowest price of 2022
Will Ethereum's Merge help turn things around?
If you downloaded a Google Translate desktop app, it's probably cryptojacking malware
There is no desktop-native Google Translate
Cryptocurrency exchange accidentally gave customer $10.5 million instead of a $100 refund
Legal action has so far been fruitless in recovering the funds
Ethereum's "Merge" will end GPU mining in mid September
Hopefully it doesn't suffer another delay
Largest Bitcoin mining companies lost over $1 billion last quarter, some are selling mining rigs to stay afloat
Elsewhere, Coinbase lost about $1.1 billion