Felecia Davis 
Crypto mining agency CleanSpark introduced the acquisition of greater than 1,000 Bitcoin miners amid the market downturn, reporting a “substantially discounted price” in comparison with that earlier in 2022.
In a Thursday weblog spot, CleanSpark mentioned it had acquired 1,061 Whatsminer M30S rigs at present mining Bitcoin (BTC) on the Coinmint facility in New York, whose area the corporate shares with Riot Blockchain. The mining agency mentioned it had bought the machines for a lot much less of worth than that “just a few months ago,” hinting the latest bear market was accountable. CleanSpark additionally purchased 1,800 Antminer S19 XP rigs in June following the market downturn.
“We are seeing unprecedented opportunities in this market,” mentioned CleanSpark president and CEO Zach Bradford. “Our tried-and-true hybrid approach of co-locating our machines while expanding our own mining facilities puts us in an excellent position to sustainably grow our bitcoin mining capacity in what is shaping up to be an incredible market for builders.”
During the final 6 months, $CLSK elevated #BTC computing energy by 47% & manufacturing by 50%!
Today we additionally introduced our #bitcoin mining capability growth of over 90 PH/s with the acquisition of 1,061 newest gen #WhatsMiner M30S machines.
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— CleanSpark Inc. (@CleanSpark_Inc) July 14, 2022
According to CleanSpark, the addition of the 1,063 miners added 93 petahashes per second (PH/s) to the agency’s whole hash price, reported to be 2.8 exahashes per second (EH/s) as of June 30. The miners introduced in a 1,863 BTC, 328 of which CleanSpark reported promoting in June for roughly $8.4 million “for operations and growth.”
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Major mining companies together with Argo Blockchain, Bitfarms, Core Scientific and Riot Blockchain have offered a few of their BTC holdings amid the latest market downturn. Argo reported promoting 637 BTC in June to scale back its debt on a mortgage from Galaxy Digital, whereas different companies have cited constructing their knowledge capability and talent to mine extra cash.
Cointelegraph reported on Thursday that Bradford had joined Cointelegraph Innovation Circle, a personal membership service launched in March geared toward enterprise leaders and consultants within the blockchain trade.
