Bitcoin miners start funding pivot to AI with debt while selling BTC to stay liquid
Bitcoin miners' identity is fracturing on four fronts simultaneously: crushed margins, accelerating AI pivots, expanding debt loads, and a treasury...
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MARA Sells $1.1B in Bitcoin to Cut Debt by 30%
MARA Holdings sold more than $1 billion of Bitcoin in March to repurchase convertible debt at a discount, using its...
Bitcoin miner concentration just exposed a gap in Bitcoin’s “six confirmations” rule
The Bitcoin network experienced a rare two-block reorg on Mar. 23, at block height 941,880. Foundry mined six consecutive blocks,...
Power struggle hits Bitcoin network over anti-spam proposal with claims of ‘faked’ node support
A new chart from Jameson Lopp has reopened one of Bitcoin's oldest internal debates: whether visible node counts reflect real...
From Blackouts to Bitcoin: South African Power Utility’s Surreal Pivot to High-Intensity Power Sales
Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is reversing its previous stance by targeting high-intensity energy consumers, specifically bitcoin mining companies....
MicroBT Targets Large-Scale Mining Farms With New Hydro ASIC Machines
MicroBT has rolled out two new hydro-cooled bitcoin mining rigs aimed squarely at industrial operators, pairing higher hashrates with tighter...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 7.7% in Biggest Cut Since February
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell by around 7.7% at the latest adjustment on March 20 to 133.79 trillion at block 941,472,...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 7.76% as Hashprice Struggles to Support Miners
As projections anticipated, Bitcoin’s difficulty adjusted downward at block height 941472, falling 7.76% and easing the path for miners to...
Differently Secured: Bitlease Founder Nima Beni on Why Falling Hashrates Aren’t a Threat
The bitcoin mining industry is undergoing a significant transformation as it matures into more institutional structures. Nima Beni of Bitlease...
Difficulty Drop Incoming: Bitcoin Miners Catch a Break While Revenues Stay Ugly
Bitcoin’s miners just got hit with a one-two punch—price slipping under $71,000 and network difficulty preparing to ease up like...
Cango Reports $452M Net Loss Despite $688M Revenue in First Full Year of Bitcoin Mining
Cango Inc.’s first full year as a bitcoin miner delivered $688.1 million in revenue but ended with a $452.8 million...
The ‘Hyperbolic’ Era Ends: Wintermute Report Reveals Structural Shift for Bitcoin
Over the past decade, bitcoin mining thrived on predicting price surges after halvings. However, a new report by Wintermute indicates...
Bitcoin Hashrate Slips Below 1 Zettahash as Miner Revenue Remains Thin
Bitcoin’s hashrate has slipped beneath the 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) mark as miner income remains painfully thin, with the...
Largest US Bitcoin miner dumps entire BTC stash as margin pressure intensifies
Bitdeer, the largest Bitcoin mining company by hashrate, wiped its BTC ledger clean this week.Its corporate Bitcoin treasury now shows...
Bitcoin Miners Need AI, Yield Strategies to Survive
Many Bitcoin miners are struggling to turn a profit this market cycle due to diminishing returns, so they may need...
Hash2cash Bets on Tokenized Hashrate; Executive Rejects AI Pivot
The bitcoin mining industry is facing a severe hashrate shakeout, leading many independent operators to cease operations. In response, Hash2cash...
A developer hid an image inside one Bitcoin transaction — and it bypassed every major filter
A Bitcoin developer embedded a 66-kilobyte image inside a single transaction without using OP_RETURN or Taproot.The transaction followed consensus rules....
Can you still mine Bitcoin on a PC in 2026? Here is the reality
Mining Bitcoin on a desktop in 2026 may sound simple, but is it profitable? Do rising network difficulty and energy...
Startup Starcloud Plans First Bitcoin Mining Satellite in Low-Earth Orbit
A Washington startup says the next frontier for computing—and possibly bitcoin mining—may orbit hundreds of miles above Earth. Bitcoin Mining...
Seven internet cables were cut at once — Bitcoin barely noticed, but researchers found a real chokepoint
When seabed disturbances off Côte d'Ivoire severed seven submarine cables in March 2024, the regional internet impact earned an IODA...
Paraguay to Leverage Seized ASICs to Mine Bitcoin
ANDE, the state power company, has partnered with Morphware, an artificial intelligence (AI) and mining tech company, to start a...
Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot draws billion-dollar Wall Street bets
Wall Street is pouring billions into public Bitcoin mining companies, but the investment thesis has little to do with the...
