Bitcoin Mining Hits a Crossroads as Difficulty Hovers Near the Floor
Key TakeawaysBitcoin logged ten difficulty drops versus seven increases in 2026, leaving difficulty at 125.81 trillion.Bitcoin difficulty sits just 0.7%...
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Riot Platforms Sold 9,665 Bitcoin in H1 2026 to Fund AI Pivot
Key TakeawaysRiot Platforms sold 4,300 BTC in Q2 2026, cutting its treasury to 11,380 BTC by H1 end.Riot’s 191 megawatt...
Winklevoss-Backed Cypherpunk Seizes 18% of Total Zcash Hashrate
Key TakeawaysCypherpunk launched 4.2 GSol/s of zcash mining capacity through a $33.33 million transaction.Cypherpunk said its fleet represents about 18%...
Public Miners Shed 21% of Bitcoin Hashrate as AI Revenue Accelerates
This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocks Bridge Consulting, curating the latest news in energy,...
Keel Shuts All Bitcoin Mining With $819M Ready for AI Pivot
Key TakeawaysKeel shut all U.S. bitcoin mining as Q2 revenue fell 50% to $30.4M during its AI pivot.Keel sold 1,085...
OCEAN Pledges BTC Refunds After Chain-Split Error
Key TakeawaysOCEAN misrouted miners to the BIP-110 chain for 18 hours due to a Stratum configuration flaw.Developer Peter Todd slammed...
MARA Reports $611M Loss While Miners Deposit 581 BTC to NYDIG
Key TakeawaysMARA’s Q2 revenue fell 27% to $174.9 million, missing Wall Street estimates by more than 16%.Riot Platforms and MARA...
Solo Bitcoin Miner Defies the Odds, Lands $200K Block Reward Jackpot
Key TakeawaysA solo miner using CKPool claimed block 960804’s 3.1569 BTC reward on Aug. 2, 2026.The win marked CKPool’s 317th...
MARA Opens Slipstream to the Public as Coldcard Victims Race to Escape
Key TakeawaysMARA Foundation opened Slipstream to the public on August 3, 2026, dropping its client code requirement.A Coldcard firmware flaw...
Bitcoin Miners Face August Showdown After Revenue Rebound
Key TakeawaysBitcoin mining revenue rose to $875.35M in July, rebounding $38.93M from June.Hashrate Index shows hashprice climbed to $31.59 per...
AI GPUs Earn 10x More per Hour Than Mining Rigs
Key TakeawaysHIVE’s AI GPU cluster earns about $2.90 per GPU-hour, dwarfing bitcoin mining’s roughly $0.12/hour take.The company’s fiscal 2026 revenue...
3 Mining Pools Captured Nearly 30% of Bitcoin Blocks Since Launch
Key TakeawaysUnknown miners hold 230,770 bitcoin blocks, 24.03% of all blocks, per Cloverpool data.Antpool ranks second with 109,004 blocks; Foundry...
Bitcoin’s 15th Difficulty Reset Exposes a Mining Industry Under Pressure
Key TakeawaysBitcoin’s difficulty fell 0.74% at block 959616, its 15th adjustment of 2026 so far.Hashprice dropped to $32.21 as miners...
Bitcoin Miner Poolin Technology Files Chapter 11 With $173M Debt as $52M Asset Sale Moves Forward
Key TakeawaysOn July 22, 2026, Singapore-based Poolin Technology filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey court.The filing reflects broader...
Bitdeer’s Bitcoin Output Climbs to 990 as AI Cloud Run Rate Reaches $76M
Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) Technologies Group mined 990 bitcoin in June, up 7.5% from the previous month, as the company continued...
This Group of Four Now Dominates Over 70% of a Key Blockchain Resource
Key TakeawaysFoundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC and F2Pool held 70%+ of Bitcoin hashrate on Jun. 23, 2026.D-Central put Bitcoin’s Nakamoto coefficient...
Solo Home Miner Wins $200,000 With a $150 Mining Device
Key TakeawaysA solo home miner claimed the full 3.1382 BTC reward from block #957382 via Public Pool on July 9,...
Bitcoin’s 14th Difficulty Reset Slashes Mining Pressure by 6.7 Trillion
Key TakeawaysBitcoin difficulty fell 5% to 127.17 trillion on July 11, its 14th adjustment of 2026.Hashrate dropped 7.9% in ten...
How 100-Degree Temps Impacted Bitcoin Mining
Key TakeawaysOn June 30, the Energy Department issued emergency orders to the PJM grid to prevent blackouts.High power prices forced...
SBI Crypto Pulls the Plug on Bitcoin Pool as 20,412 PH/s Hunts for a New Home
Key TakeawaysSBI Crypto will stop accepting mining shares at 22:00 UTC on July 30, 2026.The pool holds 20,412.11 PH/s, just...
Ionic Raises $400M as AI Revenue Tops Bitcoin Mining Ahead of Nasdaq Listing
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
American Bitcoin Shrinks Float 93% as Reverse Split Takes Effect Thursday
Key TakeawaysAmerican Bitcoin’s reverse split takes effect at 5 p.m. on July 2, 2026.Shares outstanding drop from 1.09 billion to...
