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Bitcoin traders aren’t the only people hoping to cash in on the digital asset’s rocketing fortunes: miners are, too. December saw a flurry of activity as companies eager to create new Bitcoin rushed to raise new capital.

The TSX Venture is becoming a go-to exchange for companies racing to generate Bitcoins. Mining firm Hashchain Technology began trading on the TSXV in December, having raised $4.4 million to date. The company plans to bring Bitcoin mining equipment online at its B.C.-based datacentre in January.

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Hive Blockchain Technologies, formerly gold exploration firm Leeta Gold, listed on the exchange in September, and subsequently acquired an Iceland datacentre from cryptocurrency mining firm Genesis Mining, which became a stakeholder in the company.

In December, Hive announced that it will create a Bitcoin mining facility in Sweden, to be completed next year. This will complement an existing facility in Iceland. To finance the deal, it announced that it has received $50 million in a private placement expected to reach up to $100 million.