Bitcoin’s broken production cost floor is splitting miners into survivors and sellers
Bitcoin is trading just above $60,000 right now, and the network's estimated all-in cost to produce a single coin is...
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Hut 8 Investors Reach $2.35 Million Settlement Over US Bitcoin Merger Claims
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
Gomining Mines First Live Stratum V2 Bitcoin Block, Shifting Control to Miners
Key TakeawaysGomining mined the first live Bitcoin block via DMND pool, letting miners pick transactions.Gomining bypassed centralized pool operators for...
Bitplanet’s Antalpha mining deal tests whether Bitcoin treasuries can grow without constant buying
Asia Bitcoin company, Bitplanet, is trying to convert its Bitcoin treasury from a balance-sheet position into a source of mined...
Crypto Urges Congress Pass Staking Tax Bill ‘As Introduced’
A group of crypto lobbying organizations has urged Congress to pass a bill on crypto staking and mining taxes without...
Paraguay Convicts Two Bitcoin Miners to Jail Sentences for Large-Scale Energy Theft
Key TakeawaysANDE won a case on June 19 against two bitcoin miners, hardening the posture against illegal theft.The court suspended...
Bitcoin may finally feel instant at checkout, if merchants trust the miner behind it
Bitcoin has long struggled with a simple retail problem: shoppers want checkout to feel instant, while merchants need payment finality...
Bitcoin miner Bitdeer mined 921 BTC, but its smaller stash raises a bigger question
Bitdeer's latest operating update has revealed a concrete insight into the recent Bitcoin miner-AI pivot: the company produced far more...
A Second Nation Just Built a State Bitcoin Mining Pool — Oman’s Omanhash.om Redraws the Map
Key TakeawaysOman’s MTCIT launched Omanhash.om on June 17, 2026, making it the only legal bitcoin mining pool for all licensed...
Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built
A megawatt leased to an AI tenant now commands a different price on Wall Street than a megawatt sitting in...
IREN Enters Europe With Spanish AI Data Center Acquisition
Bitcoin miner IREN has completed its acquisition of the Spanish data center developer Nostrum Group, marking its entry into Europe...
Bitcoin Difficulty Drops 10% to Lowest Level Since July 2025 as Hashrate Cools
Key TakeawaysBitcoin difficulty fell 10.09% at block 953568, reaching a 124.93T low on Jun. 13.Bitcoin hashrate slid from 1,000+ EH/s...
Bitcoin faces one of its biggest mining difficulty drops as miner margins collapse
The Bitcoin network is poised to execute one of the largest downward adjustments to its mining difficulty in its 17-year...
Expert Flags Bitcoin’s First Hashrate Bear Market as Network Sheds 145 EH/s
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s network hashrate dropped 145 EH/s since May 28, falling to 885 EH/s as prices slide to February lows.Hashprice...
Bitcoin Miners Hit $1.08B in May Revenue, Then Prices Pull the Floor Away
Key TakeawaysBitcoin miners crossed $1.086B in May revenue, the first billion-dollar month since January.Hashprice dropped 17.82% in 30 days, pushing...
Solo Bitcoin Miners Keep Pocketing Full Block Rewards in 2026: Here’s How
Key TakeawaysCKPool Solo has facilitated at least 40 verified bitcoin block wins since mid-2023, including three in early 2026.Public Pool...
Bitdeer Breaks Ground on 100 MW Alberta Site With on-Site Gas Power
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
Georgia Announces Crackdown on Illegal Bitcoin Mining
Georgia will reportedly install electricity meters across villages and settlements in Mestia as part of a crackdown on illegal crypto...
Solo Home Miner Wins $232K Bitcoin Block With a $300 Machine at 149 Million-to-1 Odds
Key TakeawaysA solo home miner using a Canaan Avalon Nano 3S at 6.68 TH/s won Bitcoin block 951771 on May...
Bitcoin miners’ real prize is power as AI reshapes mining
Bitcoin miners spent years racing to secure cheap electricity, and that electricity has since become more valuable than the Bitcoin...
The Future of Bitcoin Mining Is Bigger Than Bitcoin
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
Hut 8 AI landlord data center strategy turns Bitcoin collateral into bridge capital
Hut 8 is pushing even further into AI infrastructure than most other Bitcoin miners are. Its latest disclosures show a...
