Miners must compete using their machines to solve a difficult mathematical problem. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/what-does-hashrate-mean

Hackers have been mining crypto on government servers in Russia, including defense contractors and medical centers, expert says. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/hackers-are-trying-to-mine-crypto-using-russian-government-servers-expert-says

Sorry, Matcha fans: No plans for a new token to airdrop. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/0x-labs-closes-15m-fundraising-round-as-zrx-finds-defi-market-fit

With BTC looking for a breakout as ether notches another all-time high, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/markets-daily/bitcoin-news-roundup-feb-5-2021

The new compliance services could further boost China’s efforts in the blockchain race against the U.S. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/chinas-state-backed-blockchain-services-provider-partners-with-ey-to-add-ethereum-compliance-tools

The cryptocurrency has gained 30% so far this week. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/ether-tops-1-7k-setting-new-record-as-next-weeks-futures-launch-nears

Throughout a two-year prison term, the man repeatedly refused to give wallet access to German authorities. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/hacker-refuses-to-hand-police-password-for-seized-wallet-with-6-5m-in-bitcoin

ArmorFi’s CTO has also offered to get a tattoo chosen by the ethical hacker who found the bug. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/defi-insurance-project-armorfi-bug-bounty-hacker

The Reserve Bank’s assistant governor for financial systems, Michelle Bullock, said there is “a lot of fuss over bitcoin.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/australias-central-bank-says-bitcoin-not-really-money-no-risk-to-financial-stability

Centralized payment firms like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have an opportunity to offer innovative stablecoin payment networks, the research firm said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/visa-mastercard-paypal-stablecoins-gartner