Bitfury

Bitcoin miners have an outsized presence in Georgia, but what’s so special about the country’s attitude, energy mix and regulatory environment?

Four publicly-traded bitcoin mining companies have outperformed the price of bitcoin since 2020 for a few key reasons.

Executives said Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are fundamentally different from the traditional system and need new rules.

Bitfury subsidiary Cipher Mining Technologies is merging with Global Acquisition Group and going public on Nasdaq.

With Exonum Enterprise, Bitfury wants to combine the control of a private blockchain with the assurances of Bitcoin’s public chain.

Bitfury’s Crystal Blockchain Analytics has released a report covering the international flow of bitcoin, in light of new FATF guidelines.

"There is no such thing as consensus on the Lightning Network; instead, we have compatibility. That means you can literally break the rules of the majority, as long as there are other people that have an incentive to break the rules with you. "

“Last year was not profitable for many miners,” said Hut 8 CEO Andrew Kiguel. “[But] we believe that bitcoin is the future of digital money and that our work is crucial."

Swiss investment firm Final Frontier is partnering with Bitfury Group to launch a regulated bitcoin mining fund for personal and institutional investors. With access to Bitfury’s worldwide mining resources, this fund offers an alternative for bitcoin investors.

Bitfury responds to critics of its Lightning Peach suite of tools who have raised questions about the privacy of user data.