PANews reported on January 29 that according to TheBlock, Digital Currency Group (DCG) announced the spin-off of its mining subsidiary Fortitude Mining, which will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of DCG and focus on the mining of Bitcoin and other digital assets. Fortitude Mining was previously a semi-independent department of Foundry, the largest Bitcoin mining pool under DCG. It has been mainly engaged in autonomous mining business for the past five years. It is reported that the company will be led by Andrea Childs, former senior vice president of operations and marketing at Foundry.