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The network is adjusting to weaker hashrate, yet miner income remains under pressure as several indicators move deeper into stress territory.
Oluwapelumi Adejumo 8 min read 
Fidelity says AI demand is giving Bitcoin miners a more valuable use for their power infrastructure, and that could flatten the network’s hash-rate growth in 2026.
Hut 8’s $16.8 billion AI data center lease base shows how power access, project debt, and Bitcoin collateral are financing a move beyond mining.
Police found a crypto-mining setup during an operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio, raising the question around whether gangs that control territory can convert stolen electricity into portable digital value.
Canaan earnings highlighted collapsing ASIC demand, weaker guidance, and a growing Bitcoin and Ethereum treasury approaching $148 million.
Rootstock’s Q1 report shows a large share of Bitcoin hashrate securing smart-contract infrastructure, but fees and usage still decide whether that security becomes economically meaningful.
SpaceX-Anthropic deal validates miners’ bet on electricity scarcity while exposing them to competition from deeper-pocketed technology platforms.
Trump-linked private exposure to Skyline now intersects with a Kazakhstan tungsten deal carrying conditional US agency financing interest.
AI exposure has become a balance-sheet test for miners that sold investors on HPC growth before Bitcoin gets any relief.
