{"id":32777,"date":"2022-08-05T06:24:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=32777"},"modified":"2022-08-05T06:24:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:24:39","slug":"white-rock-ceo-crypto-bear-market-offers-great-ma-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/white-rock-ceo-crypto-bear-market-offers-great-ma-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"White Rock CEO: Crypto bear market offers great M&amp;A prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bear market offers fantastic chances for growth through mergers and acquisitions in the cryptocurrency mining industry.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"White Rock CEO: Crypto bear market offers great M&A prospects\" class=\"wp-image-32783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1078483204-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>White Rock CEO: Crypto bear market offers great M&A prospects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bitcoin-network-activity-drop-indicates-prolonged-bear-market-glassnode.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> bear market,<\/a> enterprises that have efficiently maintained their balance sheets are in excellent health, according to the CEO of a cryptocurrency mining company, and will continue to do well even if there is more turbulence to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to White Rock CEO Andy Long, the crypto sector has been in this situation before, and well-capitalized and effective miners will do just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe bear market has presented challenges for the miners who leveraged up at the top of the market, however, the sector has been here before, and well capitalized and efficient miners will do just fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long predicted that because these businesses will have shown investors that they can withstand<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=White+Rock+CEO%3A+Crypto+bear+market+offers+great+M%26A+prospects&oq=White+Rock+CEO%3A+Crypto+bear+market+offers+great+M%26A+prospects&aqs=chrome..69i57.884j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> extreme market conditions<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; 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Grid-connected miners are working with ERCOT to provide demand response during challenging weather, and we see continued growth ahead across the state.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swiss-based cryptocurrency mining company White Rock claims to have erected power plants with a total installed capacity of about 24 MegaWatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It made intentions to start in Texas before expanding to the rest of the United States in June. As part of the transition, White Rock teamed up with Natural Gas Onsite Neutralization (NGON) to employ their facility for Bitcoin mining using &#8220;green&#8221; practices (BTC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heat waves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a recent report on July 11, mining companies including <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/riot-blockchain-had-73-yoy-increase-in-btc-production-in-june.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riot Blockchain<\/a> and Core Scientific shut down portions of their Texas mining operations in June to ease the strain on the electrical grid as a result of temperatures above 100 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both took proactive steps to relieve the strain on Texas' energy supply, but the heat wave's impact on energy costs was also a factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The companies suffered from decreased mining productivity as a result of the change. However, there is a belief that miners will turn their equipment back on because the profitability of BTC mining will be too attractive to pass up, especially with the price of BTC up 14.7 percent over the previous month and temperatures forecast to drop to about 90 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Bitcoin price increase has led to increased profitability for miners and some miners who were pushed offline in June and July have likely plugged in their machines again,\u201d noted Jaran Mellerud, a crypto-mining analyst at a research firm Arcane Crypto, in an\u00a0interview\u00a0with Bloomberg on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of writing, the price of one<a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/bitcoin-ethereum-and-solana-contributions-have-increased-since-2018.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> bitcoin<\/a> is $23,088.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear market offers fantastic chances for growth through mergers and acquisitions in the cryptocurrency mining industry. In this bear market, enterprises that have efficiently maintained their balance sheets are in excellent health, according to the CEO of a cryptocurrency mining company, and will continue to do well even if there is more turbulence to come. 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