Cryptomining

A Bitcoin hacking challenge is daring security researchers to exploit critical PHP vulnerabilities and steal the cryptocurrency, putting claims about real-world exploitability to the test.

A developer using Claude Code to help build a temperature monitor app was warned by the coding agent about a hidden crypto miner running on their system.

An Nvidia-backed startup plans to establish a Bitcoin mining operation in space before the year is out.

A project claimed to represent 'the first organic neuron Bitcoin miner based on the fly brain' has gone live.

There is increasing evidence that Mexican drug cartels are diversifying into cryptocurrency mining and are using crypto platforms to launder their ill-gotten gains.

A new cryptocurrency called Pearl has set off a short-lived GPU mining rush.

An inventor has showcased a 3D printer filament dryer 'that pays you bitcoin.'

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure amidst the conflict in Iran. The BTC network has seen its first quarterly hashrate drop in nearly six years.

It also estimates that a 700-apartment community could earn nearly a million dollars a year.

The Russian government plans to penalize 'illegal' mining of cryptocurrency to prison terms of up to five years.