Mining
Following the news of a mining ban in Kyrgyzstan, many Russian miners began to fear a repeat of the situation in Russia. Russia has already imposed partial restrictions on cryptocurrency mining in several regions. Miners fear that the bans could become…
Mining company Bitfarms has announced that it plans to completely shut down its Bitcoin mining operations within the next two years and refocus on building infrastructure for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The reasons include declining mining profitability…
On the evening of November 12, Bitcoin mining difficulty decreased by 2.37%. According to Cloverpool, the figure dropped to 152.27 T (trillion). This means miners now need to calculate an average of 152 trillion hash functions to add one block to…
Kyrgyz authorities have imposed a complete ban on all mining farms across the country. The ban is in effect until the end of March 2026. This ban is due to reduced electricity generation and increased grid load during the winter. We…
Fred Thiel, CEO of mining company Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), called Bitcoin mining a complex and evolving industry, where only those miners with easy access to electricity and who can employ innovative business strategies will be able to thrive. Thiel acknowledged…
In the village of Podvyaznovo in the Yaroslavl region, power engineers shut down an illegal mining farm. It stole 8.2 million rubles worth of electricity, RBC Crypto reports, citing Rosseti Center. Local residents complained to the company about power surges. Power…
All popular ASIC miner models remained profitable as of October 2025, according to analysts at Intelion Data Systems. Despite the BTC network difficulty increasing by nearly 10%, not a single device posted a negative return. However, the results were uneven, with…
Mining company Riot Platforms reported that the average cost of mining 1 BTC from July to October was $46,324. Riot Platforms is one of the largest US-based Bitcoin holders among mining companies. According to a Riot Platforms report, the cost of…
After nearly two years of lagging, mining stocks have begun to grow faster than Bitcoin itself for the first time. According to Ecoinometrics, their share price growth has significantly outpaced BTC since September 2025. The rapid growth of mining stocks isn't…
Nikolai Shulginov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Energy, plans to introduce bills to the State Duma increasing fines for violating mining requirements and establishing criminal liability for the theft of electricity during cryptocurrency mining. These amendments are to…
An unknown lone miner mined block #920,440 on the Bitcoin network and received 3.125 BTC plus a 0.016 BTC transa
The KuCoin exchange has launched the KuPool mining pool. The platform announced that Chris Zhu, co-founder of BTC.com (later renamed Clover Pool) and Poolin, is heading the project, according to RBC Crypto. KuPool currently supports mining cryptocurrencies using the Scrypt algorithm.…