Mining
Recent shifts in Bitcoin ($BTC) miner activity have sparked attention, with many analysts pointing to this as a potential precursor to significant price movements. As evidenced by the latest data from Glassnode’s Hash Ribbon, there is a noticeable change in miner…
Bitcoin’s computational backbone has shattered records once more, clocking in at 852 exahash per second (EH/s) in February 2025, heralding the dawn of the zettahash epoch with an impending 14.8% amplification. Hashrate Hyperdrive: Bitcoin Defies Sluggish Traffic to Blast Into Uncharted…
Bitcoin (BTC) is becoming more difficult to mine after increasing competition in the past ten days. The next difficulty adjustment may make the network even more competitive. The Bitcoin (BTC) difficulty index is near an all-time high, after a small readjustment…
Russian Bitcoin miners fear exposure to sanctions as the government compiles a registry containing wallet addresses and other sensitive data. Bitcoin (BTC) miners in Russia aren’t thrilled about a new government registry that’s scooping up sensitive data, including crypto wallet addresses,…
Riot Platforms (RIOT) mined 527 Bitcoin (BTC) in January, marking its highest monthly production since December 2023 and reflecting a 2% increase from the previous month, according to Farside data. However, the broader bitcoin mining sector reported underwhelming production figures, with…
Foundry, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool by hashrate, has announced it’s diversifying its operations and bolstering the security Bitcoin layer-2 network Rootstock through merge mining. Merged mining allows miners to simultaneously mine two or more cryptocurrencies that employ the same…
The cryptocurrency market could see Bitcoin (BTC) price reach an unprecedented milestone of $1 million per coin by 2030, potentially matching gold’s current market capitalization of $19.3 trillion, according to a bold prediction from a prominent tech executive. Bitcoin Could Hit…
HIVE Digital Technologies, the publicly listed Bitcoin miner from Wall Street (NASDAQ: HIVE), announced its January production results alongside a significant expansion into Paraguay. Despite the overall slowdown in the industry and a decline in production reported by other miners, HIVE…
Russia now requires crypto miners to report earnings by the 20th of the following month, tightening oversight and restricting mining to approved entities while barring financial crime offenders. Russia Demands Crypto Miners Report Earnings—New Law Reshapes Industry Russia’s Federal Tax Service…
Bitcoin’s computational prowess currently hums at 825.85 exahash per second (EH/s), a gentle dip from its zenith of 844 EH/s recorded on Feb. 4, 2025. The network’s transaction queue, known as the mempool, continues to reflect minimal activity, while newly minted…
Leading U.S. Bitcoin miners from Wall Street reported varied production results for January 2025, as extreme weather conditions and network difficulty fluctuations impacted operations across multiple regions. Wall Street Bitcoin Miners Report Mixed January Production MARA (NASDAQ: MARA), one of the…
The Bitcoin network hashrate, a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty, rose slightly in January, Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on Monday. The monthly average network hashrate rose 1% to 785 exahashes per…