On Saturday, at block height 897,120, Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 2.13%, reaching 121.66 trillion and slightly increasing the computational load needed to find new blocks. Miners now face slightly higher odds of successfully solving blocks, as the adjustment makes…
The Nebraska Legislature just unanimously approved a bill that would impose some restrictions on Bitcoin mining. While it doesn’t impose any major bans, it does introduce new requirements, hurdles, and additional costs for mining companies. The bill isn’t a major…
Bitfarms, one of the leading publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies, has suspended all operations at its mining facility in Argentina. The shutdown was prompted by a notice from energy company Generación Mediterránea SA (GMSA), which informed Bitfarms that it would…
Kazakhstan is stepping up efforts to modernize its energy system through digital mining and expanding cryptocurrency trading outside the Astana International Financial Center economic zone. In an article published in Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, Kanysh Tuleushin, First Vice Minister of Digital Development,…
Blockchain analytics firm Messari’s Q1 2025 report highlights significant changes to Bitcoin’s Rootstock sidechain, including a record-breaking merged mining participation rate of 81%, up from 56.4% in the previous quarter. This follows the integration of Foundry, the largest Bitcoin mining…
American Bitcoin, which is majority owned by the Trump family, will go public after merging with Gryphon Digital Mining (GRYP). Shares of Hut 8 Corp. (HUT) rose 12% in pre-market trading, while shares of Gryphon Digital Mining (GRYP) soared more…
Malaysia’s largest national power company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), is helping authorities crack down on electricity theft linked to illegal cryptocurrency mining in the country, which it says has increased by nearly 300% over the past six years. In a…
Public Keys is a weekly report from Decrypt that examines the top publicly traded crypto companies. This week: Bitcoin miners struggle, Coinbase tries to create some confusion ahead of its profit cut, and sources say Meta is interested in stablecoins…
Shares of bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) outperformed their rivals on Friday despite its first-quarter results falling short of Wall Street expectations, as analysts see positives in the company’s push to cut costs. Jefferies analysts noted that with the price…
With Bitcoin rising to levels seen in early February, the network’s computing power has reached a record 929 exahashes per second (EH/s), a metric that shows how actively miners are competing to add the next block. Bitcoin’s hashrate has risen…