Track Bitcoin mining news, hash rate, public miners, energy policy, hardware trends, and network economics.
Bitcoin miners' production cost was supposed to be the level Bitcoin couldn't fall through, but it's been sitting below it for weeks.
The MOU points to mined-BTC revenue, but the real test is power cost, uptime, and coin retention.
GoBTC Pay gives merchants and wallets a live way to test instant BTC payments, but adoption depends on whether they trust the miner-run route.
The Bitcoin miner's AI cloud growth may reduce sell pressure, but May data shows Bitcoin retention still lagging.
VanEck says AI-linked miners are earning premium valuations before most leased capacity is delivered, leaving execution, dilution, debt, and tenant quality as the next market test.
The network is adjusting to weaker hashrate, yet miner income remains under pressure as several indicators move deeper into stress territory.
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.
